digestive organs pt. 2 test 3 Flashcards
what is the small intestine
long tube from stomach to large intestine, bunched up in lower abdomen and it does chemical absorption and digestion of nutrients
what is the first 10 inches of the small intestine that produces enzymes contains hepatopancreatic ampulla?
duodenum
what is the middle 10 feet of the small intestine?
jejunum
what is the ilium of the small intestine?
it is the end of the small intestine about 12 feet or so
it meets at the large intestine at the iliocecal sphincter. (a circular muscle at juncture of small intestine and large intestine)
what is the term for the ridges in the wall inside of small intestine, they help mix food with enzymes by causing intestine contents to spinas it goes forward?
circular folds (small intestine)
what is the mucosa of the small intestine modified to do??
to secrete enzymes and absorb nutrients
what are extensions of mucosa into lumen, increase surface area of intestine mucosa and contains blood capillaries and a lacteal (lymphatic capillary)
vili of the small intestine
what is microvili? (small intestine)
projections of apical surface of epithelial cells, increases surface area to absorb nutrients.
what is the intestinal glands of the small intestine?
some epithelial cells, secrete enzymes.
what is the term for multi-cellular glands in submucosa of duodenum, have ducts that lead to lumen and secretes alkaline mucus?
duodenal glands (intestinal glands of sm. intestine)
what are panath cells (intestinal glands of the small intestine)?
secretes lysozyme to kill bacteria
what is the large intestine?
thick tube from small intestine to anus, upside down āUā shape sits around small intestine
what is the iliocecal sphincter (valve)?
smooth muscle at juncture of small and large intestine.
what is the term for the pouch like structure at the beginning of the large intestine?
cecum
what is a closed tube attached to cecum?
appendix