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Chapter 5- Vocabulary Flashcards

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Amino acids

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Small building blocks of proteins, released when proteins are digested

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Absorption

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Passage of material through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream

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Amylase

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Enzyme (-ase) secreted by the pancreas and salivary glands to digest starch (amyl/o)

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Anus

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Terminal end or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body

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Appendix

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Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant

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Bile

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Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder

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Bilirubin

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Pigment released by the liver in bile

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Bowel

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Intestine

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Canine teeth

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Pointed, dog-like teeth .also called cuspids or eyeteeth

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Cecum

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First part of the large intestine

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Colon

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Portion of the large intestine consisting of the ascending, transverse ,descending and sigmoid segment

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Common bile duct

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Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum

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Defecation

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Elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the anus

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Deglutition

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Swallowing

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Dentin

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Primary material found in teeth

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Digestion

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Breakdown of complex food to simplex form

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Duodenu

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First part of the small intestine

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Elimination

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Act of removal of material from the body

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Emulsification

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Physical process of braking up large fat globules into smaller globules

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Enamel

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Hard, outermost layer of a tooth

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Enzyme

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Chemical that speeds up a reaction between substance

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Esophagus

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Tube connecting the throat to the stomach. Eso-means inward; phag/o means swallowing.

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Fatty acids

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Substances produce when fats are digested. Fatty acids are a category of lipids

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Feces

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Solid wastes

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Gallbladder

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Small sac under the liver

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Glycogen

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Starch; glucose is store in the form of glycogen in liver cells

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Hydrochloric acid

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Substance produce by the stomach

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ileum

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Third part of the small intestine, meaning twisted

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Incisor

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Any one of four front teeth in the dental arch

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Insulin

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Hormone produce by the endocrine cells of the pancreas

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Jejunum

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Second part of the small intestine

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Lipase

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Pancreatic enzyme necessary to digest fats

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Liver

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Large organ located in RUQ of the abdomen

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Lower esophageal

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Ring of muscle between the esophagus and the stomach, also called cardiac sphincter

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Mastication

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Molar teeth

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Sixth, seventh and eighth teeth from the middle of either side of the dental arch

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Palate

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Roof of the mouth

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Pancreas

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Organ under the stomach

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Papillae (singular; papilla)

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Small elevation on the tongue

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Parotid gland

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Salivary gland within the cheek, just anterior to the ear

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Peristalsis

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Rhythmic contractions of the tubular organs. In the gastrointestinal tract

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Pharynx

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Throat , the common passageway for food from the intestines

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Protease

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Enzyme the digests protein

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Pulp

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Soft tissue within a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels

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Pyloric sphincter

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Ring of muscle at the end of the stomach , near the duodenum

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Pylorus

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Distal region of the stomach

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Rectum

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Last section of the intestine, connecting the end colon and the anus

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Rugae

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Ridges on the hard palate and the wall of the stomach

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Saliva

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Digestive juice produced by salivary glands

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Salivary glands

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Parotid, sublingual ,and submandibular glands

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Sigmoid colon

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Fourth and last , S-shape segment of the colon ,just before the rectum

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Sphincter

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circular ring of muscles that constricts a passage or closes a natural opening

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Stomach

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Muscular organ that receives food from the esophagus

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Triglycerides

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Fat molecules composed of three parts fatty acids and one part glycerol

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Uvula

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Soft tissue hanging from the middle of the soft palate

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Villi

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Microscopic projection in the small intestine that absorb nutrients into the blood stream

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