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Digestive System Flashcards

1
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What is another name for the digestive system?

A

The gastrointestinal system

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2
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What does the digestive system do?

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Extracts nutrients from food and excretes waste

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3
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What are the 5 stages of digestion?

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  • Ingestion
  • Digestion
  • Absorption
  • Metabolism
  • Excretion
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4
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What is ingestion?

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Taking food into the body via the mouth

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5
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What is digestion?

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Breaking food down in the stomach and small intestine

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6
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What is absorption?

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Nutrients passing into the blood through the small intestine

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7
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What is metabolism?

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Where nutrients are converted into energy in the liver

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8
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What is excretion?

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The body’s way of getting rid of waste

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9
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What are the accessory digestive glands?

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  • Pancreas
  • Liver
  • Gallbladder
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10
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What is the role of the oral cavity?

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  • To pick up food
  • To break food down
  • Lubricate food with saliva
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11
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How many teeth do dogs have?

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44

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12
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How many teeth do cats have?

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30

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13
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How many teeth do horses have?

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Between 36 and 42 teeth depending on gender and age

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14
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How are teeth numbered?

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The triadan system

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15
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What is the purpose of dental charts?

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To document which teeth are present, absent or damaged

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16
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What are salivary glands?

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Paired glands which produce saliva

17
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What do salivary ducts do?

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Connects glands to the oral cavity

18
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What is the oesophagus?

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A simple tube which carries food from the oral cavity to the stomach

19
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How long does it take for food to pass into the stomach?

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15-30 seconds

20
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How does food move through the oesophagus?

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Peristalsis

21
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What is the function of the stomach?

A

To breakdown and digest food

22
Q

What adaptations allow the stomach to stretch when full?

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Folded walls

23
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What do cells within the stomach walls produce?

A

Mucous and acid

24
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Where does enzymatic digestion and absorption take place?

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The small intestine

25
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What are the 3 parts of the small intestine?

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  • Duodenum
  • Jejunum
  • Ileum
26
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What is inside the villus within the small intestine?

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  • A network of blood capillaries

- A lacteal

27
Q

How are nutrients and water absorbed?

A
  • Diffusion

- Active transport

28
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What is absorbed by villi in the small intestine?

A

Breakdown products of digestion

29
Q

Via what structure do amino acids and simple sugars enter capillaries?

A

Hepatic portal vein

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