Digestive 3 Flashcards
Contains lymphatic tissue and plays a minor role in immunological defense
Vermiform appendix
When mucous lining of the appendix becomes inflamed
Appendicitis
Large, moist, slippery sheet of serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
Peritoneum
Small space between the parietal and visceral layers
Peritoneal space
An extension between the parietal and visceral years of the paratonia is shaped like a giant pleaded fan
Mesentery
Hey parsley extension of the visceral paratonia him from the lower edge of the stomach, part of the Judaism, in the transverse colon
Greater omentum
Material that does not permit passage of x rays
Radiopaque
Specialized protein molecules that act as catalysts
Enzymes
Fat digestion enzyme
Lipase
Break down proteins
Protease
Chemical breakdown process
Hydrolysis
Breaks down starches
Amylase
Intestinal enzymes that digest disaccharides
Maltese, sucrase, lactase
End product of carbohydrate digestion
Monosaccharides (primarily glucose)
Enzyme in gastric juice that causes giant protein molecules to break up
Pepsin