ACCESSORY DIGESTIVE ORGANS Flashcards
What are the functions of the digestive system?
digestion, absorption, defecation
hollow muscular tubes found in our digestive system
GIT or alimentary canal
2 parts of the digestive system
Accessory digestive organs and GIT
This assist the alimentary canal in digestion
Accessory Digestive Organs
What are the parts of the accessory digestive organs (6)
salivary glands, tongue, teeth/dentes, pancreas, liver, gallbladder
Other name for teeth
dentes
This is the floor of the mouth
Tongue
The salivary gland does what in the mouth
it secretes saliva in buccal cavity or mouth
Extrinsic muscle movements of tongue
side to side : in and out
How many percent is the H2O in our saliva?
99.5%
Immunoglobulin from our saliva came from what cells
B cells
What are the components of our saliva? (3)
H2O, IgA, Solutes
This comprises of at least ~0.5% of our saliva
Solutes
amount of the normal salivary production
1000mL - 1500mL
diff glands seen in our salivary gland (3)
parotid, submandibular,sublingual
What type of protein seen in our saliva that is responsible for digesting starch
Salivary amylase or ptyalin
What type of protein seen in our saliva that is responsible for bolus formation in our outh
Mucin
What type of salivary secretion secretes ptyalin for starch digestion in our mouth
serous secretion
What type of salivary secretion secretes mucin for bolus formation in our mouth
Mucus secretion
This is also known as the largest gland
parotid gland
Pt presents with swollen face located ant & inf to the ears: bet skin & masseter, what will be your suspected gland that may be affected
Parotid gland
This gland is seen superior to the submandibular gland
sublingual gland
This is the gland found inside our moth that is controlled by the ANS
Salivary gland
What movements does the intrinsice tongue mm do?
alter shape of tongue
This gland is seen in the post. part of the floor of the mouth
Submandibular Gland