Digestive System Flashcards
What do organs of the digestive system contribute in? (3)
- ingestion and digestion of food
- absorption of nutrients
- elimination of indigestible materials
What does the digestive system do?
provides nutrients for cells to be used as source of energy, or for growth and repair
What is the digestive system divided into? (2)
- alimentary canal (gastrointestinal (GI) tract)
- accessory digestive organs
What is the alimentary canal?
What are the main segments? (6)
muscular tube that starts from oral cavity, and ends at anus
oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine
What do accessory digestive organs do?
What are they? (6)
assist in ingestion and digestion of food
teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas
Oral Cavity
What is it bounded by?
- lips anteriorly
- oropharyngeal isthmus posteriorly
- palates superiorly
- muscular diaphragm and tongue inferiorly
- cheeks laterally
Oral Cavity
What is the cavity divided into? (2)
vestibule
oral cavity proper
Oral Cavity
What is the vestibule bounded by?
horseshoe-shaped space bounded by lips (anteriorly), cheeks (laterally), and dental arches (posteriorly and medially)
Oral Cavity
What is the oral cavity proper bounded by?
bounded by dental arches (anteriorly and laterally), palates (superiorly), muscular diaphragm (mylohyoid muscle) and tongue (inferiorly)
Oral Cavity
What are the lips?
2 muscular folds covered externally by skin, and internally by mucus membrane
Oral Cavity
What does the orbicularis oris muscle do?
forms core of lips
Oral Cavity
What is the frenulum?
midline mucosal fold that connects each lip to gum
Oral Cavity
What are the cheeks formed by?
mainly formed by buccinator muscles covered internally by mucus membrane, and externally by skin
Oral Cavity
What is the hard palate?
includes hard and soft palates
Oral Cavity
What is the hard palate formed by?
has bony skeleton formed by maxillary and palatine bones covered by mucus membrane
Oral Cavity
What does the hard palate form? (2)
- anterior part of roof of oral cavity proper
- floor of nasal cavities
Oral Cavity
What does the soft palate form?
posterior part of roof of oral cavity proper, and separates it from nasopharynx superior to it
Oral Cavity
What is the soft palate?
arch-shaped partition with fibro-muscular core covered by mucus membrane
Oral Cavity
What is the uvula?
conical soft tissue projection that hangs from free posterior border of soft palate
Oral Cavity
What are the palatoglossal and palatophrayngeal arches?
2 muscular folds or arches lateral to base of uvula, that run inferiorly and laterally
Oral Cavity
What is the palatoglossal arch?
anterior fold that extends to side of root of tongue
Oral Cavity
What is the palatopharyngeal arch?
posterior fold that extends to lateral wall of pharynx
Oral Cavity
Where are the palatine tonsils?
in tonsillar fossa (shallow fossa) between the arches
Oral Cavity
What is the oropharyngeal isthmus (fauces)?
What is it formed by?
passageway connecting oral cavity proper to oropharynx
formed by palatoglossal arches
Teeth
What are the 3 parts of a tooth?
crown
root
neck
Teeth
What is the crown?
part of tooth that projects from gingiva, and is visible in oral cavity
Teeth
What is the root?
part of tooth contained within alveolar processes of mandible and maxilla, and is attached to bony socket by periodontal ligament
Teeth
What is the neck?
narrow part of tooth connecting crown and root
Teeth
How are teeth classified?
What are the types of teeth?
based on shape of their crown
on each half of upper and lower jaws: 2 incisors 1 canine 2 premolars 2 molars
Teeth
What is the wisdom tooth?
third molar
Teeth
What is the core of the tooth composed of?
composed of dentine covered by enamel in crown, and cement (cementum) in root
Teeth
What does the pulp cavity contain? (3)
- tooth nerves
- blood vessels
- lymphatic vessels
Teeth
Where is the pulp cavity?
housed within dentine
Teeth
What is the root canal?
extension of pulp cavity into roots
Teeth
What are the 2 nerves that supply teeth?
- CN V2 (trigeminal nerve, maxillary division)
- CN V3 (trigeminal nerve, mandibular division)
Teeth
What does CN V2 (trigeminal nerve, maxillary division) supply?
teeth of upper jaws, adjacent gingiva, and palates
Teeth
What does CN V3 (trigeminal nerve, mandibular division) supply?
teeth of lower jaw, and adjacent gingiva
Teeth
What supplies blood for all teeth?
maxillary artery (branch of external carotid artery)
Tongue
What is the tongue?
muscular organ involved in swallowing, phonation, tasting, and chewing
Tongue
What are the 2 parts of the tongue?
- pharyngeal part or root
- oral part or body
Tongue
What is the pharyngeal part or root?
posterior ⅓ of tongue attached to floor of oral cavity, and faces oropharynx
Tongue
What is the oral part or body?
anterior ⅔ of tongue that freely moves in oral cavity
Tongue
What is the terminal sulcus?
reverse V-shaped groove on superior surface of tongue that separates anterior and posterior parts of tongue
Tongue
What do skeletal muscles do?
mainly form core of anterior ⅔ of tongue
Tongue
What are lingual papillae?
mucosal elevations on superior surface of anterior ⅔ of tongue
named based on their shape
Tongue
What are the 4 types of lingual papillae?
- filiform papillae (thread-like)
- fungiform papillae (mushroom-like)
- foliate papillae (leaf-like)
- vallate papillae
Tongue
Which papillae carry taste buds?
- fungiform papillae
- foliate papillae
- vallate papillae
(all except filiform)
Tongue
Which nerves supply the tongue?
CN VII
CN V3
CN IX
Tongue
What does CN VII (facial nerve) do?
provides special sensation (taste)
Tongue
What does CN V3 (trigeminal nerve, mandibular division) do?
supplies general sensation of anterior ⅔ of tongue
Tongue
What are the paired lingual tonsils?
lymphoid tissue that forms core of posterior ⅔ of tongue
Tongue
What does CN IX (glossopharyngeal nerve) do?
formed by lymphoid tissue, which is organized as pair of lingual tonsils CN IX (glossopharyngeal nerve) provides both special and general sensations of this part of tongue
Tongue
What is the lingual frenulum?
midline mucosal fold that attaches interior surface of tongue to floor of oral cavity
Tongue
What supplies blood for the tongue?
lingual branch of external carotid artery
What is the pharynx?
muscular tube that connects nasal cavities to larynx, and oral cavity to esophagus
Esophagus
What is the esophagus?
Where does it start and end?
muscular tube
start: laryngopharynx at level of vertebra CVI
end: stomach at level of vertebra TXI
Esophagus
What does the esophagus pass through to reach abdomen?
passes neck, superior and posterior mediastinum, and through esophageal hiatus (opening in diaphragm)
Esophagus
Where is the esophagus located?
in front of lower cervical and thoracic regions of vertebral column on its entire length
anteriorly related to trachea and left atrium of heart
Peritoneum
What is the perineum?
serous membrane
Peritoneum
What are the 2 parts of the peritoneum?
parietal peritoneum
visceral peritoneum
Peritoneum
Where is the parietal peritoneum?
lines wall of abdominopelvic cavity
Peritoneum
Where is the visceral peritoneum?
covers surface of most of abdominal and pelvic viscera
Peritoneum
Where are retroperitoneal organs?
between parietal peritoneum and posterior abdominal wall
Peritoneum
What are intraperitoneal organs covered by?
completely covered by visceral perionteum
Peritoneum
What is the peritoneal cavity?
What does it contain?
slim space between parietal and visceral layers of peritoneum
contains few mL of serous fluid to lubricate surfaces of abdominal contents
Peritoneum
Where is the peritoneal cavity in males?
Where is the peritoneal cavity in females?
males: enclosed in sac
females: connected with exterior via cavity of uterine tubes, uterus, and vagina
Peritoneum
What are peritoneal reflections?
What are its functions?
double layer peritoneal folds that either carry nerves, blood, and lymphatic vessels to supply abdominal organs, or attach abdominal organs to abdominal wall
Peritoneum
What are the 3 peritoneal reflections?
peritoneal ligaments
mesenteries
omenta
Peritoneum
What do peritoneal ligaments do?
connect abdominal viscera to abdominal walls or other organs
Peritoneum
What is the falciform ligament?
peritoneal ligament that connects liver to anterior abdominal wall and diaphragm