digestive Flashcards
Two divisions of the digestive system
Alimentary canal and accessory digestive organ
It is a division of the digestive system that has continuous muscular digestive tube winding through out the body
Alimentary canal
Alimentary canal contains the following organs
Mouth pharynx esophagus stomach small and large intestines
Accessory digestive organs contains
teeth Tongue gallbladder salivary gland’s liver and pancreas
It is a circulation that includes all arteries branching off the abdominal aorta and hepatic portal circulation
SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION
Arterial supply in the Celiac trunk consist
HEPATIC
SPLENIC
LEFT GASTRIC
It is a clinical corner where there is scarred liver due to chronic inflammation
cirrhosis
Crystals of cholesterol in bile
gall stones
It is a clinical corner where there is a rumbling noise caused by gas through intestines
borborygmus
Inflammation of gal bladder
Cholecystitis
Inflammation of colon
Colitis
Difficulty in swallowing
dysphagia
Inflammation of the intestines
Enteritis
Where absorption of remaining water and electrolytes occur
Large intestines
Production and absorption of vitamins B and K occur
Large intestines
Where the elimination of feces occurs
Large intestines
Diameter of large intestine
7 cm
It is a bands of this month muscles that create pocket likes sac called haustra
teniae coli
It is a sac like connection between the small and large intestines
cecum
It is a small structure in the lage intestine containing lymphoid tissue
Appendix
Storage area in the large intestine
Rectum
It is an organ that regulates defecation with two sphincter muscles
Anus