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Digestion Flashcards

1
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Organ that secretes digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.

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Pancreas

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2
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Organ that secretes bile

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Liver

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3
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Organ that secretes hydrochloride acid and pepsin

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Stomach

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4
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Place in this part of the small intestine where most digestion and absorption occur

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Duodenum

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5
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Paste-like mixture that leaves the stomach and enters the small intestine

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Chyme

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6
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Primary autonomic nerve that supplies the GI tract

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Vagus

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7
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Food tube,from pharynx to stomach

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Esophagus

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8
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Ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid

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Colon

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9
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Structure to which the appendix is attached

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Cecum

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10
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Valve between the small and large intestines

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Ileocecal

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11
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Valve involved with gastric reflux

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LES

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12
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Surcease, lactase, Maltese

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Disaccharidases

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13
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Mechanically breaks a large fat globules into many smaller fat globules

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Bile

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14
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Enzyme that splits fats into fatty acids and glycerol

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Lipase

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15
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Trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen

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Protease(s)

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16
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Responsible for the gastric pH

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HCI

17
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Deficiency causes pernicious anemia

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Intrinsic factor

18
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Hormone secreted by the walls of the duodenum; stimulates the pancreas to secrete important digestive enzymes

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Cholecystokinin

19
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Hormone secreted by the walls of the duodenum; stimulates the pancreas to secrete a bicarbonate-rich secretion

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Secretion

20
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Hormone secreted by the stomach; causes the secretion of HCI

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Gastrin

21
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Enzo that digest carbohydrates and start he’s to the disaccharide stage

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Amylase(s)

22
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A rhythmic alternating contraction and relaxation of the digestive muscles is

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Peristalsis

23
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A small piece of mucous membrane called the … anchors the tongue to the floor of the mouth

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Frenulum

24
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The esophagus

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Is a hollow tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

25
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Most digestion and absorption occurs in the

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Duodenum and first third of the jejunum

26
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Vikki and microvilli are important structures because they

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Increase the amount of digested food that can be absorbed

27
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The ducts that connect the liver, gallbladder and duodenum are called the

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Biliary tree

28
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The gallbladder

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Stores and concentrates bile

29
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Bike canaliciluli

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Located in the liver, receive bile from the liver lobules and discharges the bile into the hepatic ducts

30
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The fat in the duodenum stimulates the release of

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Cholecystokinin

31
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Cholelithiasis

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Stones in the gallbladder

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