Digestive system

Question 1

oral cavity

Answer 1

physical digestion

Question 2

pharynx

Answer 2

common passage for digestive and respiration system

Question 3

tongue

Answer 3

taste
position food for toothwork

Question 4

teeth

Answer 4

physical digestion of food

Question 5

salivary glands

Answer 5

lubricate bolus
begin starch chemical digestion(salivary amylase)

Question 6

epiglottis

Answer 6

direct food into esophagus but not into trachea

Question 7

esophagus

Answer 7

tube though which the food passes into stomach by peristalis

Question 8

stomach

Answer 8

physical digestion (churrus)
chemical digestion (protein)

Question 9

cardiac sphincter

Answer 9

muscular ring acts as valve to contain food in stomach

Question 10

duodenum

Answer 10

top of small intestine
bile duct, pancreatic duct enter here

Question 11

pyloric sphincter

Answer 11

muscular ring acts as valve to contain food in stomach
opens to admit chyme from stomach into small intestine

Question 12

small intestine

Answer 12

chemical digestion of all foods, absorption of monomers

Question 13

liver

Answer 13

produces bile and maintains blood glucose

Question 14

gall bladder

Answer 14

stores bile (<- emulsifies fats)

Question 15

pancreas

Answer 15

neutralizes pH (NaHCO3), secrets several enzymes

Question 16

large intestine

Answer 16

absorption of H2O, cultures e-coli

Question 17

appendix

Answer 17

projection from pathogens, vestigial structure

Question 18

rectum

Answer 18

last bit of large intestine

Question 19

carnivores

Answer 19

meat eaters

Question 20

herbivores

Answer 20

yummy plants

Question 21

omnivores

Answer 21

both meat and plant toothers

Question 22

parotid salivary gland

Answer 22

side of face swell with mumps

Question 23

sublingual salivary gland

Answer 23

below tongue

Question 24

submandibular salivary gland

Answer 24

lower jaw

Question 25

what r 3 types of salivary glands and what do they do

Answer 25

parotid, sublingual and submandibular
they produce saliva

Question 26

palates

Answer 26

top of mouth
soft and hard
separates the mouth from nasal cavity
end flap uvula

Question 27

pharynx

Answer 27

area between mouth and esophagus
tube for air and food

Question 28

what are the functions of the small intestine

Answer 28

digestion
absorption of nutrients(monosaccharides, amino acids, short peptides, fatty acids are transported into intestinal cells and are diffused into bloodstream)
fats diffuse into intestinal cells and are deposited in the lacteal

Question 29

peristalsis

Answer 29

rhythmic wavelike contraction of esophagus and intestine

Question 30

bolus

Answer 30

food ball formed by mouth teeth tongue and saliva

Question 31

liver functions (7)

Answer 31

-removes and metabolizes toxic materials
-stores extra glucose
-destroys old red blood cells
-produces urea from amino acids
-makes blood proteins
-stores iron and fat ADEK
-coverts amino acids into glucose if necessary

Question 32

digestive function of liver

Answer 32

-secretes bile
- emulsifies fats
-breaks dow hemoglobin