ANAT101A FINALS Flashcards
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Deals with the visceral organs of digestive, respiratory and urogenital systems
Splanchnology
System responsible for digestion, nutrient absorption and elimination of waste products in the form of stool/feces
Digestive system
What are the body parts included in the accessory digestive structures?
Teeth, tongue, cheeks, lips and palate
What are the body parts included in the digestive tract/alimentary canal?
Mouth (oral cavity), pharynx, esophagus, glandular stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus
What are the glands included in the digestive glands?
Salivary, liver, pancreas
It connects the mouth to esophagus and serves as a common passageway for food, water, and air.
Pharynx
What are the three apertures of pharynx?
Oropharynx, nasopharynx, and laryngopharynx
Bounded dorsally by palate and upper set of teeth, laterally by the cheeks, ventrally by lower set of teeth and tongue, rostrally by upper and lower lips, and caudally by oropharynx.
Mouth
What is the junction between the three apertures of pharynx?
Pharyngeal proper
Ingesta inside the stomach with gastric juice.
Chyme
What are the three segments of esophagus?
Cervical, thoracic and abdominal
Long muscular tube serves as passageway for bolus.
Esophagus
The four layers of esophagus are also present in the stomach, small intestine and large intestine. True or False?
False, tunica adventitia is for esophagus only.
Thoracic segment becomes abdominal segments through what specific muscle?
Hiatus esophagi of the diaphragm
Bolus is either strongly acidic/basic. True or False?
False, slightly acidic or basic.
What are the 4 concentric layers of esophagus?
Tunica mucosa (inner), Tunica submucosa (2nd), Tunica muscularis (3rd), Tunica adventitia (outer)
What are the components of digestive juice?
Hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen
ESOPHAGUS:ADVENTITIA::STOMACH:?
SEROSA
It is the stomach’s surface facing the outside of abdomen.
Parietal surface
Tunica serosa is a connective tissue that is relatively thinner than Tunica adventitia. True or False?
True
Muscular belt which temporarily stores chime
Stomach
Among the four parts of stomach, which one is funnel-shaped?
Pylorus
What are the two sphincters present in the stomach?
Cardiac and pyloric
What are the four parts of stomach?
Cardia, fundus, body, pylorus