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Digestive System Flashcards

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Why do estheticians study of the digestive system?

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  • To understand how the body converts food & absorbs it into the bloodstream
  • To you understand the gastrointestinal tract for the purpose of delivering nutrients
  • To understand the absorption, assimilation, & transport of individual nutrients on a cellular lvl
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Functions of the digestive system:

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  1. Mastication (preparing food for absorption & metabolism)
  2. Absorption
  3. Elimination
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What are the two processes of mastication?

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  1. Mechanically
    —> chew to small pieces —> salivary amylase —> swallow bolus —> down esophagus —> stomach
  2. Chemically
    Chemical composition that foods undergo as a travel through the G.I. tract
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What are enzymes?

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  • component of chemical mastication
  • enzymes are “organic catalysts” which increase chemical reactions without appearing in the final products
  • enzymes are proteins & necessary for life
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Absorption:

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  • where the majority of digestion & absorption occurs
  • nutrients are absorbed into one of the 2 transport systems —> blood or the lymph
  • happens in the small intestine
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What’s chyme?

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  • Acidic fluid (passes from stomach to small intestine) consist of gastric juices & partly digested food
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Elimination:

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  • process of eliminating the food from the body (excretion)
  • anus: final sphincter of the GI tract
  • essential for maintaining homeostasis
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What is the ileocecal valve?

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Sphincter that regulates flow into the bottom of the large intestine (colon)

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Segments of the GI tract:

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  • mouth
  • oropharynx
  • esophagus
  • stomach
  • small intestine (deodenum, jejunum, ileum)
  • large intestine (cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal)
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Accessory organs of digestion:

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  • salivary glands
  • tongue
  • teeth
  • liver, gallbladder, pancreas
  • vermiform appendix
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What are the main organs of the digestive system that form a tube all the way through the body?

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  1. Alimentary canal
    or
  2. Gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)
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What’s does the tongue do?

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Aids in swallowing

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Salivary glands - Accessory

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Major part of digestion

  • secret the majority of saliva
  • saliva starts digesting starch
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What are the 3 salivary glands?

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A) parotid gland
B) sublingual gland
C) submandibular gland

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Where does the esophagus extend from?

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Extends from the pharynx to stomach

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Where does the formation of chyme begin?

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The stomach

17
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Description of stomach:

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  • digestive tube dilates into an elongated pouch like structure
  • size of stomach varies (sex & amount of distension)
18
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What results in difficulty breathing?

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Large meal = expanded stomach = pressure on diaphragm = difficulty breathing

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What are the 2 sphincter muscles of the stomach?

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  1. Cardiac sphincter (b/w oesophagus & stomach)

2. Pyloric sphincter (b/w stomach & small intestine)

20
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What do stomach glands do?

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Softens connective tissue in meat & begins protein digestion

21
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Summary of function of stomach:

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  1. Reservoir for storing food
  2. Secretes gastric juice to aid in digestion
  3. Churns the food, breaking it into small particles, mixes it with gastric contents and moves into duodenum
  4. Carries on limited amount of absorption (water, alcohol, & certain drugs)
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How long does it take to empty the stomach? And what controls it?

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2-6 hours after a meal

Endocrine (hormones) & nervous system controls emptying

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Small intestine:

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  • 1 inch diameter, 20 ft long (longer & thinner)

- function: main organ of digestion & absorption

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3 divisions of small intestine:

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Deodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

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Large intestine:

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  • 2.5 inches in diameter, 5 ft long
    (shorter & wider)
    -distal end of ileum to the anus
  • function: reabsorption of water and elimination
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3 divisions of large intestine:

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  1. Cecum
  2. Colon
  3. Rectum
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Liver - Accessory

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  • immediately under diaphragm
  • largest organ and gland
    Function:
    1. Detoxes substances (alcohol, Mary Jane, drugs & food)
    2. Processes proteins, carbs & fats
    3. SECRETES bile
    4. Filters blood
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Gallbladder- accessory

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  • STORES bile

- contracts & ejects bile into duodenum

29
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What acts as an endocrine and exocrine gland?

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The pancreas

30
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What’s the difference between the liver and gallbladder?

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The liver secretes bile while the gallbladder stores bile

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