Alimentary Canal Flashcards
It is the breakdown id ingested food and the absorption of nutrients into the blood
Digestion
• production of cellular energy (ATP)
• constructive and drgradative cellular activities
Metabolism
ATP stands for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
2 main groups of the Digestive system
• alimentary canal
• accessory digestive organ
Organs of the alimentary canal
• mouth
•pharynx
• esophagus
•stomach
•small intestine
•large intestine
• anus
Protect the anterior opening
Lips( Labia)
Form the lateral walls
Cheeks
Forms the anterior roof
Hard palate
Forms the posterior roof
Soft palate
Fleshy projection of the roof soft palate
Uvula
Spaces between lips externally and teeth and guns internally
Vestibule
Area contained by the teeth
Oral cavity
Attached at hyoid and styloid processes of the skill and by the lingual frenulum
Tongue
2 type of tonsils
• palatine tonsils
• lingual tonsil
Processes of the mouth
•mastication(chewing) of food
•mixing masticated food with saliva
•initiation of swallowing by the tongue •allowing for the sense of taste
3 types of pharynx
• nasopharynx
•oropharynx
•laryngopharynx
It is not part of the digestive system
Nasopharynx
Posterior to oral cavity
Oropharynx
Below the oropharynx and connected to the esophagus
Laryngopharynx
Serves as the passageway for air and food
Pharynx
2 muscle layers of the esophagus
•Longitudinal inner layer
• circular outer layer
Food movement by contractions of the muscle layers
Peristalsis
•runs from the pharynx to stomach through the diaphragm
• conducts food by peristalsis
• passageway dor food only
Esophagus
Layers of alimentary Canal organs
• mucosa
•submucosa
• muscularis externa
•serosa
•innermost layer
• moist membrane
•surface epithelium
• small amount if connective tissue(lamina propria)
•small smooth muscle layer
Mucosa