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The purpose of digestion is

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To hydrolyze macromolecules to their subunit molecules

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The organs of the digestive system are in a tube called?

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Gastrointestinal tract GI

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Break down using water

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Hydrolyze

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What are the two types of digestion?

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Mechanical and chemical

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Occurs when large pieces of food are divided into smaller pieces that can be acted on by the digestive enzymes

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Mechanical digestion

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Occurs primarily in the mouth by chewing and by wavelike contractions of the smooth muscles in the stomach called peristalsis

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Mechanical digestion

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Secrete saliva: contains digestive enzymes for carbohydrates

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Salivary glands

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Major metabolic organ: processes and stores nutrients; produces bile for emulsification of fats

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Liver

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Stores bile from the liver; sends it to the small intestine

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Gallbladder

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Produces pancreatic juice; contains digestive enzymes, and sends it to the small intestine; produces insulin and secretes it into the blood after eating

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Pancreas

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Passageway where food is swallowed

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Pharynx

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Passageway where peristalsis pushes food to stomach

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Esophagus

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Secretes acid and digestive enzyme for protein; churns mixing food with secretions, and sends chyme to small intestine

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Stomach

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Mixes chyme with digestive enzymes for final breakdown; absorbs nutrient molecules into body; secretes digestive hormones into blood

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Small intestine

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Absorbs water and salt to form feces

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Large intestine

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Stores and regulates elimination of feces

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Rectum

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Digestive enzymes hydrolyze our food’s macromolecules into absorbable subunits. Begins in the mouth, continues in the stomach, and is completed in the small intestine

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Chemical digestion

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Occurs as subunit molecules produced by chemical digestion (I.e, nutrients) cross the wall of the GI tract and enter the cells lining tract. From there, the nutrients enter the blood for delivery to the cells

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Absorption

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The wall of the GI tract has 4 layers

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  1. ) Mucosa
  2. ) Submucosa
  3. ) Muscularis
  4. ) Serosa
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Contains cells that produce and secrete mucus. Glands release digestive enzymes. Hydrochloric acid is produced by glands in this layer of the stomach

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Mucosal layer

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A condition in which portions of the mucosa have pushed through the other layers and formed pouches

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Diverticulosis

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Broad band of loose connective tissue that contains blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves

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Submucosa

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What disease is associated with Submucosa?

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Inflammatory bowel disease IBD

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What are the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease IBD

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Chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss

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Contains two layers of smooth muscle. The inner circular layer encircles the tract. The outer longitudinal layer lies in the same direction as the tract
Muscularis
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The contraction of the muscularis smooth muscles accounts for
Peristalsis and subsequent movement of digested food from the esophagus to the anus
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The muscularis can be associated with what type of syndrome?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), in which contractions of the wall cause abdominal pain, constipation, and/or diarrhea
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Secrets a lubricating fluid
Serosa
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A worm-shaped blind tube projecting from the first part of the large intestine on the lower right side of the abdomen
Appendix
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Should the appendix burst, the result can be?
Peritonitis, life-threatening swelling and infection of the peritoneum
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The roof of the mouth as two parts
An anterior hard palate and a posterior soft palate
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Soft palate is composed of
Entirely muscle
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Tonsils are
lymphatic tissue and they help protect us from disease
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Three parts of what send secretions (saliva) by way of ducts to the mouth
Salivary glands
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Saliva is a solution of
Mucus and water
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Saliva also contains
Salivary amylase, an enzyme that begins the chemical digestion of starch, as well as bicarbonate and the antimicrobial compound called lysozyme
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Each tooth as two main divisions
A crown and a root
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The crown has layers of
Enamel, dentin, inner pulp
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What also makes up a portion of the root of a tooth?
Dentin and pulp
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When does tooth decay, called dental caries or cavities, occur?
When bacteria within the mouth metabolize sugar
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What is periodontis characterized by
A loss of bone and loosening of the teeth
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The tongue is covered by
A mucus membrane which contains the sensory receptors called taste buds
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The tongue is composed of
Skeletal muscle
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Bolus is
Chewed food that is formed into a mass by the tongue
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Both the mouth and the nasal passages lead to
The pharynx
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The pharynx opens into both
Esophagus (food passage) and trachea (air passage)
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Swallowing can be both what?
Voluntary and involuntary
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A muscular tube that moves food into the stomach
Esophagus
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What blocks the nasal passages
Soft palate
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What moves up under the epiglottis to cover the glottis?
Trachea
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What is the opening to the larynx?
Glottis
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What pushes food through the esophagus?
Peristalsis
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Does the esophagus play a role in chemical digestion of food?
No
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What is the purpose of the esophagus?
To move the food bolus from the mouth to the stomach
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What marks the entrance of the esophagus to the stomach?
A constriction called the lower gastroesophageal sphincter
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What are sphincters?
Muscles that encircle tubes and act as valves
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Why do sphincters contract?
To prevent the acidic stomach contents from backing up into the esophagus
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When does heartburn occur?
When the lower esophageal sphincter fails to open and allow food into the stomach, or when it stays open and food moves from the stomach to the esophagus
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What can heartburn (GERD) lead to?
Damage of the esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter
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When does vomiting occur?
When strong contractions of the abdominal muscles and the diaphragm force the contents of the stomach into the esophagus and into the oral cavity
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Thick walled J-shaped organ that lies on the left side of the body beneath the diaphragm
Stomach
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The stomach is continuous with what two parts?
With the esophagus above and the duodenum of the small intestine below
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What are not absorbed by the stomach?
Nutrients
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What can the stomach absorb and why?
Alcohol because it is a fat soluble and can pass through membranes easily
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What does the oblique layer of the stomach allow it to do?
Allows the stomach to stretch and to mechanically break down food into smaller fragments that are mixed with gastric juice
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The stomach wall has the usual 4 layers, but two of them are modified for particular functions
The muscularis contains 3 layers of smooth muscle and the mucosa has folds called rugae
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What does the mucosa of the stomach have?
Millions of gastric pits, which lead into gastric glands
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Gastric glands produce
Gastric juice
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Gastric juice contains an enzyme called
Pepsin plus hydrochloric acid and mucus
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What does pepsin do?
Digest protein
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What is beneficial about the acidity in the stomach?
It kills most bacteria present in food
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What does hydrochloric acid do?
It doesn't digest food but it does break down the connective tissue of meat, and it activates pepsin
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Thick, soupy liquid of partially digested food
Chyme
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The small intestine contains what to digest all types of foods?
Enzymes
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Most of the enzymes of the small intestine are secreted by the?
Pancreas and enter via a duct at the duodenum
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Emulsification causes
Fat droplets to disperse in water
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What happens after fat is mechanically broken down to fat droplets by bile?
It is hydrolyzed to monoglycerides and fatty acids by the enzyme lipase present in pancreatic juice
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Where is the final place for digestion?
Small intestine

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