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Digestive Flashcards

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Mouth

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Lips (labia) 
Cheeks
Hard palate 
Soft palate 
Uvula 
Vestibule: space between lips and gums
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MASTICATION

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CHEWING

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Pharynx

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Nasopharynx- not part of digestion system
Oropharynx- posterior to oral cavity
Laryngopharynx- below the oropharynx and connected to the esophagus
Passageway for air and food

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Esophagus

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10 inches long
Pharynx to stomach
PERISTALSIS IS SLOW SQUEEZING

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Layers of alimentary canal

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Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis externa
Serosa

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Alimentary canal nerves

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Autonomic

Regulate GI tract organs

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Stomach

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Left side
Food enters cardioesophageal sphincter
Food empties to small intestine to pyloric sphincter
Rugae- folds in mucosa

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Regions of stomach

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Cardiac region
Fundus
Body
Pylorus

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Stomach mucosa

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Chief cells- produce Pepsinogens
Parietal cells- hydrochloric acid
Enteroendocrine cells- gastrin

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Small intestine

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Body’s major digestive system
Nutrient absorption into blood
Ileocecal valve
Suspended from abdominal wall by mesentery

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Subdivisions of small intestine

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Duodenum- attached to stomach. Curves around head of pancreas
Jejunum- attached to duodenum
Ileum- extends from jejunum to large intestine

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Chemical digestion in small intestine

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Enzymes produced by intestinal cells and pancreas

Bile formed by livers enters through bile duct

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Large intestine parts

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Cecum- saclike first part of large intestine
Appendix-hangs from cecum
Colon- ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid
Rectum- storage

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Anus

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Opening of large intestine
External anal sphincter- skeletal muscle. Voluntary
Internal involuntary sphincter- smooth muscle

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15
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Accessories

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Teeth 
Salivary glands 
Pancreas 
Liver 
Gallbladder
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BMR

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Surface area 
Sex
Thyroxine production 
Age 
Emotions and infections
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Organs

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Mouth 
Pharynx 
Esophagus 
Stomach 
Small intestine
Large intestine 
Anus

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