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Digestive & Nervous System Flashcards

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What are the three types of diet?

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The three types of diet are called herbivores, carnivore, and omnivore.

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What is the function of the digestive system?

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The function of the digestive system that is often referred to as the GI tract, is that it extracts waste products and extracts usable nutrients from food.

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What muscle is found in the tongue?

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The muscle that is found in the tongue is the striated muscle.

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What are the stages of digestion?

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The stages of digestion:
- Ingestion = taking food into the body.
- Digestion = breaking food down into chemical units.
- Absorption = chemical units go into the bloodstream.
- Metabolism = chemical units converted to energy.
- Excretion = removal of indigestible material.

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What is the function of the esophagus?

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The esophagus function is to carry the food from pharynx to stomach. It has striated and smooth muscle.

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What is the function of the salivary gland?

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The function of the salivary gland is to lubricate or dissolve food and secretes saliva.

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What is the pharynx and what does it share with?

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The pharynx is the throat and it is shared with the respiratory system.

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What does the pharynx connect with?

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The pharynx connects with the esophagus, larynx, and trachea and it is lined with the mucus membrane.

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What is the function of the tongue?

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The function of the tongue is to aid digestion and carries receptors for gustation.

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What is the stomach function?

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The stomach function is to reservoir for food and breaks up food. It mixes with gastric juices (chyme).

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What are the FOUR parts of a monogastric stomach?

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The four parts of a monogastric stomach are the cardiac sphincter, fundus, body, and pylorus.

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What is a monogastric stomach?

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A monogastric stomach is a simple, single chamber and produces secretions.

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What is a ruminant stomach?

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A ruminant stomach is a compound stomach, multi-chambered. It is adapted for fermentation of ingested food.

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What is a rumen?

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A rumen is part of the ruminant stomach and it is the largest chamber. It is the first stage of digestion.

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What is the small intestine function?

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The major site of enzymatic digestion and absorption is the function of the small intestine. As well with food mixes with digestive juices.

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What are the FOUR parts that the large intestine are divided into?

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The four parts of the large intestine that are divided into:
- cecum (cec/o)
- colon (col/o)
-rectum (rect/o)
- anal sphincter (an/o, proct/o)

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What are the functions of the large intestine?

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The functions of the large intestine:
- Cecum: joins ileum to ascending colon
- Colon: absorption of water, vitamins, and electrolytes
- Rectum: holds feces
- Anal sphincter: controls passage of feces out of the body.

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What are the accessory structures of the digestive gland?

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The accessory structures of the digestive gland are the:
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- pancreas
salivary gland

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What are the liver functions?

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The liver plays a role in metabolism, formation of new blood cells, and the destruction of the old blood cells.

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What is the function of the nervous system?

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The function of the nervous system is to coordinate and control body activity and brings out a necessary response.

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What are the components of the nervous system?

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The components of the nervous system is the:
- Central nervous system (CNS)
. Includes the brain and spinal cord

  • Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
    . Includes the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and autonomic nervous system.
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What is the basic unit of the nervous system and what are the three types?

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The neuron is the basic unit of the nervous system and the three types are sensory, associative, and motor.

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How many cranial nerves does CNS have?

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It has 12 cranial nerves, it receives sensory input from spinal cord and nerves.

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What are the three parts of the brain?

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The three parts of the brain is called:
- Forebrain
- Midbrain
- Hindbrain

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What are the parts of the forebrain and what are the functions?

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The parts in the forebrain and the functions are:
- Cerebrum: It receives and processes information

  • Thalamus: It processes information from sense organs
  • Hypothalamus: Coordinates the endocrine system and maintains homeostasis.
  • Optic chiasma: Channels impulses from each eye to both sides of the brain.
  • Pituitary gland: Endocrine gland.
  • Olfactory bulbs: Responsible for sense of smell.
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What are the parts in the hindbrain and what are the functions?

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The parts in the hindbrain and the functions are:
- Cerebellum: Controls balance and coordination.

  • Pons: Respiration control centers
  • Medulla oblongata: Controls respiration and blood pressure.
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What are the parts that protects the brain?

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Protection of the brain, includes:
- Cranium: Bony outer shell to protect soft tissue.

  • Cerebral spinal fluid: protects CNS from damage by movement.

-Menings: Dura matter, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

  • Blood-brain barrier: Connects and supports all neurons and protects from harmful substances.
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What is the function of the spinal cord?

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The function of the spinal cord:
- It conducts sensory information from PNS to brain.
. Somatic and autonomic

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What structure at the entrance to the stomach?

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The structure at the entrance to the stomach is the cardiac sphincter.

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What order in which food travels down the small intestines?

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The order in which food travels down the small intestines is Duodenum, jejunum, ileum.

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What are the four chamber of a ruminant stomach and which one is known as the “true stomach”?

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The four chambers of a ruminant stomach is the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum.

Of the four chambers of the ruminant stomach, which is knows as the true stomach is called the abomasum.

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What animal is unable to vomit?

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An animal that is unable to vomit are horses, rabbits, rodents.

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In most exotics, what is the name of the structure that is the common exit from the urinary, reproductive and digestive systems?

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In most exotics, cloaca is the structure that is the common exit from the urinary, reproductive and digestive system.

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Which of the part of the nervous system is responsible for “fight or flight”?

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Sympathetic nervous system is responsible for “fight or flight”.

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Which of the part of the nervous system is responsible for “rest and digest”?

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Parasympathetic nervous system is responsibe for “rest and digest”.

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The ridges on the cerebrum are called?

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The ridges on the cerebrum are called gyri.

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