Digestive System Flashcards
Digestive Tract: / alimentary
organs
Mouth, pharynx, and esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, and large intestine (colon)
Accessory Organs:
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands,
pancreas, liver, and
gallbladder
Deciduous teeth, also called
d baby teeth or milk teeth.
Begins to erupt around 6 months; the first to
appear are the
lower central incisors.
erupted by the end of adolescence.
All permanent teeth except third molars
Wisdom teeth emerge between the ages of
17 and 25.
there are how many permanent teeth
in a full set
32
exposed portion of tooth; covered in enamel
Crown
connects root and crown
Neck
embedded portion of tooth
Root
- NEAR CHEEK & EAR
*CONTAIN ONLY SEROUS ACINI
PAROTID GLAND
PAROTID GLAND secretes
ALPHA-AMYLASE
- PRODUCES MAJORITY OF SALIVA
*CONTAINS BOTH SEROUS ACINI AND
MUCOUS TUBULES - SEROUS DEMILUNES
SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND
SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND secrets
LYSOZYME
*SMALLEST
*CONTAINS BOTH SEROUS ACINI AND
MUCOUS TUBULES
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS secrets
MUCOUS; ALSO ADDS TO BOTH
AMYLASE AND LYSOZYM
Mechanical digestion
mastication
Breaking up food
TEETH
Mixes food with saliva
TONGUE
enzyme digests starch
Amylase
slippery protein (mucus) protects
soft lining of digestive system lubricates
food for easier swallowing
Mucin
neutralizes acid to prevent tooth
decay
Buffers
kill bacteria that
enter mouth with food
Anti-bacterial chemicals
-The back of the throat.
-Is approximately 15cm long.
PHARYNX
- flap of cartilage
- closes trachea (windpipe) when swallowing
- food travels down esophagus
Epiglottis
- involuntary muscle contractions to move food along
Peristalsis
- 25 cm long
- Pushes food to Stomach (peristalsis)
ESOPHAGUS
Series of involuntary wave-like muscle contractions which move food along the digestive tract
Peristalsis
C-Shaped
left abdominal cavity
-Varies from 15cm to 25 cm in length; holds up to
4 liters of food
-Mechanically and chemically breaks down food
-Food is temporarily stored here up to 2-4 hours
-Pushes food through pyloric sphincter to small
intestine
-Has layers of muscle that line the inside.
STOMACH
Regions of Stomach
-Cardia (near heart)
-Fundus
-Body
-Pyloric Antrum
-Pylorus
a simple columnar epithelium composed entirely of mucous cells.
Mucosa of the stomach
What stops the stomach from digesting itself?
mucus secreted by stomach cells protects stomach
lining
the stomach is made out of
protein
millions lining mucosa
Gastric Pits
secretes gastric juice
Gastric Glands
Chief Cells
pepsinogen
- Secreted by the stomach.
- Acidic (pH 1.5-2.5) (HCl).
GASTRIC JUICES
an enzyme that breaks down large
proteins into amino acids
Pepsin
- Food is further broken down into a thin liquid
called
chyme