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Digestion Flashcards

1
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Complex food material changed into simple moleciles which can be absorbed by the blood from small intestines

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Digestion

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2
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The cephalic phase or reflex phase

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Salivary digestion

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3
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Takes place before food enters the stomach, especially while it is eaten

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Salivary digestion

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4
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It results from the sight, smell, thorught, or taste of food

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Salivary digestion

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5
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It is secreted by 3 glands

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Saliva

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6
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How many is the daily output of saliva

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1500 ml

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7
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Major component of saliva

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Water

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8
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A mixture of mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins

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Mucus

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9
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It’s function is to moisten or lubricate the food for easier swallowing

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Salivary digestion

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10
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Also known as gastric phase

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Gastric digestion

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11
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Secreted by the parasympathetic nerve fibers of both the short and long reflex pathways

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Acetylcholine

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12
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Digestive fluid of the stomach

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Gastric Juice

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13
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What is the color of gastric juice?

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Pale yellow

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14
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Enzymes which causes coagulation of milk

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Rennin

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15
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Fat splitting enzyme

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Lipase

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16
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Abnormally low concentration of the acid

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Hypochlorhydia / Hypoacidity

17
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More than amount of HCL

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Hyperchlorhydia / Hyperacidity

18
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Other term for hypoacidity

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Hypochlorhydia

19
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Other term for hyperacidity

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Hyperchlorhydia

20
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Secreted by the pancreas

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Pancreatic juice

21
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Secreted by the intestinal mucosa

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Intestinal juice

22
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Continuously formed in the liver and concentrated in the gallbladder

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Bile

23
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What is the taste of bile?

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It has a bitter taste

24
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Hormone which causes the gaplbladder to contract and empty the bile into the small intestine

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Cholecystokinin

25
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Yellowing of the skin and sclera

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Jaundice

26
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Involved energy releasing actions / processes

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Catabolism

27
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Breakdown or degradation of glucose or glucogen

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Glycolysis

28
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Conversion of non-CHO sources to any substrates in the liver

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Gluconeogenesis

29
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Conversion of non-glucose hexoses

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Glucogenesis

30
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Formation or synthesis of glycogen

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Glycogenesis

31
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Serve as source of energy if a person suddenly goes to starvation

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Glycogen

32
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Body’s storehouse of energy

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ATP

33
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Produced by pancreas

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Insulin

34
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Lack or deficiency of this causes Diabetes Mellitus

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Insulin

35
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It is the adrenaline

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Epinephrine

36
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Adrenal glands and discharged into the bloodstream when the individual is under stress

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Epinephrine

37
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Produced by the pancreas and maintain blood glucose level by activation of gluconeogenesis

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Glucagon

38
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Stops acid secretion / HDL

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Somatostatin

39
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Respond to the acidity of chyme

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Secretin

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