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what is digestion

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process of mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into molecular subunits small enough to be absorbed into body fluids and cells (nutrients)

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what is chemical and mechanical breakdown of food

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-mechanical: chewing
-chemical: enzymes and acids being mixed with food

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nutrients

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substances essential for growth and maintaining life

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what are the main functions of the digestive system

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-breakdown food into smaller molecules that can cross plasma membranes
-food storage
-absorption of nutrients
-elimination of undigested food (feces)

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macro-nutrients

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requires in large amounts (carbohydrates, fat, protein, macro elements)

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micro-nutrients

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required in small amounts (vitamins, trace elements)

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essential nutrients

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animals cannot synthesize themselves and must be acquired from food (essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals)

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essential amino acids in humans

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-9 (number varies depending on species)
-lysine, histidine, tryptophan, phenylamine, threonine, valine, methionine, leucine, isoleucine

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essential fatty acids in humans

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-2
-linoleic acid (omega-6)
-linolenic acid (omega-3)

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how many essential vitamins in humans

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-13
-humans can synthesize vitiman D from sunlight

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what are the fat soluble essential vitamans in humans

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-A (retional)
-D (dalciferol)
-E (tocopherol)
-K (napthoquinone)

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what are the water soluble essential vitamans in humans

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-B1 (thiamine)
-B2 (riboflavin)
-niacin
-B6 (pyridoxine)
-pantothenic acid
-folic acid
-B12 (cobalamin)
-biotin
-C (ascorbic acid)

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what are the macronutrients for humans

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-calcium
-chlorine
-chromium
-cobalt
-fluorine
-iodine
-iron
-magnesium
-manganese
-mollybdenum
-nitrogen

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what are the essential micronutrients for humans

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copper

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some monosaccharides

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-glucose, fructose, galactose
-a few of which are normally found in most diets
-absorbable units

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some disaccharides

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-sucrose (glucose and one fructose)
-trehalose (two glucose molecs in opposite orentations)
-maltose (two glucose molecs in the some orientation)
-lactose (milk sugar; glucose and one galactose)

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some polysaccharides

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-chains of interconnected monosaccharides
-most common carbohydrate of animal diets
-starch from plants and glycogen form animals
-both have alpha bonds between the glucose units

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cellulose

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-beta bonds
-most abundant organic molec in the biosphere
-major component of plant material, comprising over half of the plant cell wall
-to be usable must be hydrolyzed into monosaccarides
-we cant break this down because our enzyme cant break down beta bonds

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how is glycogen made up

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-formed form glucose units joined in chains by alpha(1-4) linkages
-side branches are linked to the chains by alpha (1-6) linkages

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how is cellulose made up

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-formed form glucose units joined ends by beta (1-4) linkags
-hundreds to thousands of cellulose chains line up side by side in an arrangement reinforced by hydrogen bonds between the chains, to form cellulose microfibrils in plant cells

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what are proteins

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consists of various combinations of amino acids (absorbable units) held together by peptide bonds

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what are most dietary lipids

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bulk of dietary lipid is triglyceride, but also contains phospholipids, cholesterol, fat soluble vitimans

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what are triglycerides

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glycerol+fatty acids (which is the absorbable units)

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how do fats pass through the the gut

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after being broken down they pass through simple diffusion

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how are nucleotides broken down

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-nucleic acid
-nucleotides
-nucleosides
-ribose and nitrogenous base (which are the absorbable units)

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what is a calorie

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a unit of energy difined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temp of one gram of water by one degree Celsius at a pressure of 1 ATM

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how many cals are in a gram of fat, protein, carbohydrates

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carb/pro=4cal/gram
fats=9cal/gram

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what is a unit of energy in international system of units

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the joule
one cal=4.2 joules

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how does are bonds broken during chemical break down in the digestive system

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-bonds are broken by hydrolytic hydrolysis
-addition of H+ and OH- form water

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what enzymes is the chemical break down in the digestive system driven by

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amylase-starch
lipase-fats and other lipids
protase-proteins
-nucleases-nucleic acids

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what kind of vitamins (fat or water soluble) can our body not store thus needs daily supply

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-water
-fat soluble can be stored by the body water cannot it gets urinated out

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what are the two ways digestion can occur

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-intracellularly
-extracellularly

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intracellular digestion

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cells take in food particles by endocytosis

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extracellular digestion

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takes place in a tube enclosed in body but outside body cells (the digestive tract)

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how does intracellular digestion happen in a sponge

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-H2O carrying food particles
-food enters cell phagocytosis
-goes in food vacuoles
-lysosomes with digestive enzymes merge with food vacuoles
-waste products are expelled by exocytosis

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where does extracellular digestion occur

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in compartments that are continuous with the outside of the animals body

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what is the gastrovascular cavity

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a structure found in primitive animal phyla that functions in both digestion and distribution of nutrients

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what is the evolutionary significance of the extracellular digestive system

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-better food storage
-dont need to eat all the time
-you can ingest a lot more food so allows animals to increase body size, ingest more food=grow larger
-expands the food range (what they can eat)

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what are the different classifications for ways animals can acquire nutrients

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-fluid feeders
-suspension feeders
-deposit feeders
-bulk feeders

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fluid feeders

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ingest liquids containing organic molecules (e.g. tapeworms, mosquitos, insects, birds, bats)

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suspension feeders

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eat small particles of organic matter of small organisms in fluids (e.g. mussels, whales)

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deposit feeders

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ingest small organic particles form solid matter that feeders live on (e.g. earthworm, fiddler crab, polychaete worms)

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bulk feeders

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consume large pieces of organisms, or entire large organisms (e.g. most animals)(mostly carnavores)

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tapeworm digesive tract

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-they have none
-there fore they must eat food already digested by another animal
-they are fluid feeders
-they are parasites inside animals intestines, absorb nutrients directly by diffusion across their skin (cuticle)

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what is the digestive system like of a earth work (deposit feeder)

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-it is divided into many regions each with a certain function
-digestive system consists of mouth, esophagus, crop, intestine, gizzard
-gizzard uses stones the worm eats to grind the food

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what is the digestive system of a grasshopper like

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-foregut=mouth, salivary glands, esophagus, crop, gizzard
-midgut=chemical digestion takes place in the stomach and 6 pairs of gastric ceca extending from stomach, digestion aided by bacteria
-hindgut=coiled structure consisting of anterior ileum, middle colon, posterior rectum, anus

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what are the parts that make up the digestive system of birds

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-the canal includes the oral cavity, esophagus (which includes crop in some birds), stomach (proventeuculus, glandular portion of stomach), gizzard, small intestine, large intestine
-also has accessory structures including the beak, salivary glands, liver, pancreas

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carnivore

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digest animal products

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herbivore

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digest plant products

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omnivore

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digest both plant and animal products

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what is the digestive tract of a carnivore like

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-have a greatly enlarged stomach, which secretes powerful digestive enzymes, along with 10 times more HCL then herbivores

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what is the digestive tract of the herbivore like

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they have a long digestive tract because it take a long time to absorb nutrients form the plant material which they eat. they also have large caecu which helps along with enzyme, breakdown the plant material and cellulose

53
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how can mammal be classified by the type of stomach

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-monogastrics
-ruminants

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monogastrics

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they have a simple single chambered stomach such as humans, swine, rabbits, and horses

55
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ruminants

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have a four chambered complex stomach

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what is the stomach of monogastrics like

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-muscular digestive organ
-glands in the stomach wall secrete gastric juices
-gastric juices have about 0.2 to 0.5 precent HCL
-stomach muscle mix and sqeeze the food, and forces the chyme to go into the small intestine
-occupies 3/4 of abdominal cavity mostly on left side

57
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what is a rumen stomach like

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-4 chambers
-ferments food prior to digestion through microbial actions
-microbes digest cellulose
-uses lots of water

58
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what are the five stages of digestion in animals with a GI tract

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-mechanical processing
-secretion of enzymes and other digestive aids
-enzymatic hydrolysis
-absorption
-elimination

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what are the main organs in the human GI tract (alimentary canal)

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-tube form mouth to anus
-mouth
-pharynx
-esophagus
-stomach
-small intestine
-large intestine

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what are the accessory digestive organs in the human GI tract to

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-teeth
-tongue
-salivary glands
-liver
-gullbladder
-pancrease

61
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what do the accessory organs help with in the human digestive tract

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mechanical and digestive organs

62
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what are the 4 layers of the GI tract

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-mucosa
-submucosa
-muscularis
-serosa

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mucosa

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-the intermost layer of the GI wall that is surrounding the lumen
-responsible for protection, secretion, and absorbtion
-consists of epithelium, lamina propria (connective tissue), and muscularis mucosae (thin layer if smooth muscle)

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submucosa

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-areolar connective tissue
-binds mucosa to muscularis
-acts and glue

65
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submucosa plexus

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network of neurons and ganglia

66
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muscularis

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skeletal muscle (volentary swallowing and volentary control of defication) and smooth muscle (breaks down food and mixes it with digestive sectretions)

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myenteric plexus

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part of the enteric nervous system that regulates peristalsis

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serosa

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serous membrane of areolar connective tissue and simple squamous epithelium

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enteric nervous system

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-submucosal plexus + myenteric plexus
-which more or less works as an anomic nervous system
-with out inputs of the CNS

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what are the 3 muscle layers of the musculais layer

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-longitudinal muscle
-circular muscle
-oblique muscle

71
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mouth

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where food is taken in an where digestion begins

72
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oral cavity

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chamber contains teeth and tongue, and receives secretions from the salivary glands

73
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digestion

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mechanical and chemical begins in the mouth

74
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what happen when food enters the mouth

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-salivary glands secrete saliva
-salivary amylase digests starch
-saliva (mucus) acts as a softener/lube
-facilitates swallowing of food
-salivary lipases aids in triglyceride digestion

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where is the parotid salivary gland found

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infront of the ear

76
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where is the salivary duct found

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opens into the cheek form the parotid salivary gland

77
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what does the tongue do

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moves food during chewing and swallowing

78
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where is the sublingual salivary found

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under the tongue

79
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where is the submandibular salivary gland found

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lies deep in the mouth

80
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what happen when bolus is swallowed

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goes through the pharynx and esophogus to stomach
-epiglottis blocks trachea

81
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why is swallowing important

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it plays a major role in preventing the entrance of food into the respiratory tract

82
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is swallowing voluntary or involuntary

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it involves both voluntary (oral) snd involuntary (pharyngeal and esophageal) phases

83
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explain how the esophagus changes through out swallowing (before swallowing)

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-before swallowing the pheryngoesophageal sphincter muscle is contracted, closing esophogus, the epiglottis is up and the glottis is open to let air in lungs

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explain how the esophagus changes through out swallowing (during swallowing)

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-relflex begings when bolus reaches the pharynx
-elevation of soft palate prevents food bolus form entering nasal pasage
-pressure of tongue seals back of mouth and prevent bolus from backing up
-larynx moves up, pushign glottis to prevent bolus form entering airway
-pharyngoesphageal sphincter muscle relaxes, permitting bolus to enter esophagus
-once food is in the esophogus structures of mouth and pharynx reset to non swallow state

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explain how the esophagus changes through out swallowing (during peristalsis)

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-circulatory muscle of the espohogus contract behind the food blocking upward movement
-longitudinal muscle of the esophagus contract, opening up the esophagus
-in concert with the constricting circular muscles this pushes the bolus down the esophogus
-series of alter contracts and relaxations of circ and longitudal muscles produces peristaltic waves that move bolus to stomach

86
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what is paristalsis

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involentary contractions and relaxations of the GI tract

87
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how are peristalsis waves produced

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coordinated contractions of circular and longitudal muscles produce peristaltic waves that move digestive contents from mouth to anus

88
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what are the functions of the stomach

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-food is mixed with stomach acid and enzymes to break down the food into smaller prices
-reservoir of food before released to small intestine

89
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what is chyme

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the combination of food and stomach juices

90
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what is the function of HCl

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it doesnt digest food but it does break down the connective tissue of meat and activates pepsin

91
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what is the mucus of the stomach for

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its several mm thisch and it protects the cell wall from the effects if HCl

92
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what are the different cells found in the gastric pits of the stomach

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-surface epithelial cells
-mucous cells (secretes mucus)
-parental cell (secretes H+ and Cl-)
-chief cells (secretes pepsinogen)

93
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what happens to the gastric walls when food enters the stomach

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they stretch which releases HCl

94
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what happens when pepsinogen and HCl are secreted into gastric lumen

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-HCl cleaves pepsinogen to produce pepsin
-pepsin catalyzes conversion of more pepsinogen to pepsin leading to high amounts of pepsin
-digestion of proteins

95
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what are the measurements of the small intestine

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-small diameter (2.5cm)
-6 m long

96
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what is the pH of the small intesine like

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it is slightly basic

97
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what is the duodenum, jejunum and iieum length

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-dou (first 25m)
-jej (2.2-2.4m)
-iileum (3.3-3.6m)

98
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what connects the large intestine to small intestine

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Ileocecal sphincter

99
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what is the SA of the small intestine

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approximately the size of a tennis court

100
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what does the inside of the small intestine have to inc SA

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-projections called villi (sing villus)
-the outer layer of each villus has thousands of microvilli

101
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what does the villi contain

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blood and lymphatic capillaries

102
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intentional juices

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-1-2 L per day
-water and mucus
-slightly alkaline (HCO3-)
-brush-border (microvilli) enzymes

103
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what kind of enzymes does the intestinal juice of the intestine have

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-carbohydrate digesting
-protein digesting

104
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what happens in the douodenum

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digestive juices form the pancreas and liver add enzymes and digestive aids to food mass

105
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what are pancreatic juices

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-digestive enzymes (e.g. amylase, protases, lipases
-HCO3- ions (neutralizes)

106
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how does the liver aid in digestion and what does it secrete

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-secrets bile which emulsifies fats
-bile salts
-cholesterol
-bilirubin
-additional bicarbonate ions

107
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what stores bile

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gullbladder

108
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what do the exocrine cells from the pancrease secrete

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pancreatic enzymes

109
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what do the endocrine cells form the pancreas secrete

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insulin and glucogon into blood stream

110
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what is the carbohydrate digestion system

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-mouth=polysaccharides>smaller polysaccharides, disaccharides (salivary amylase)
-lumen of small intestine=polysaccharides> disaccharides (pancreatic amylase)
-eipthelial cells (brush border) of small intestine=disaccharides(malt, suc, lac) > monosaccharides (glucose) (disaccharidases)

111
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what is the protein digestion process

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-stomach=proteins> peptides (pepsin)
-lumen of sml intest=proteins> peptides (trypsin, chymotrypsin) and large peptides> AAs (carboxypeptidase)
-eipthelial cells (brush border) of small intestine=large peptides> AAs (amino peptidase)
-dipeptides>AAs (dipeptidase)

112
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what is the digestive process of fats

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lumen of small intestine=triglycerides and other lipids>fatty acids, monoglycerides (lipase)

113
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what is the digestive process of nucleic acids

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-lumen of sml int=DNA, RNA>nucleotides (pancreatic nucleuses)
-nucleotides> nitrogen bases, 5C sugars, phosphotates (nucleotidase, nucleosidase, phosphates)

114
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how are water soluble nutrients absorbed in GI

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water soluble molecules are broken into absorbable subunits at brush borders of mucosal cells and transported inside; the subunits are transported on the other side to the extracellular fluids and blood

115
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what are the water soluble nutrients

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-proteins, sugars, nucleotides

116
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what are fat soluble nutrients

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-products of lipid breakdown (FA, monoglycerides)
-fat soluble vitimans and cholesterol

117
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how do fat soluble nutrients get absorbed

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-when a micelle contacts the plasma membrane of a mucosal cell, the hydrophobic molecs within the droplet fuse and penetrate the membrane and enter the cytoplasm

118
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what is a micelle

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fats coated with bile salts

119
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what are chylomicrons

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-in mucosal cells fatty acids and momnoglycerides are re-combined into triglycerides and packages into chylomicrons
-small droplets covered by a protein coat
-hydrophilic surface that keeps the droplets suspended in the cytosol

120
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what happens to cholesterol and chylomicrons

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-cholesterol absorbed in the small intestine is also packed into chylomicrons
-after travelling across the mucosal cells the chylomicrons are secreted into the interstitial fluids of the submucosa
taken up by the lymph vassels and transferred into blood stream

121
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what are many nutrients absorbed by the small intestine absorbed by

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the liver

122
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how are nutrients from the small intestine absorbed into the liver

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-capillaries absorbing nutrient molecules in the small intestine collect into veins that join to form the hepatic portal vein
-a larger blood vessel that leads to capillary networks in the liver small droplets covered by a protein coat
-in the liver some nutrients leave the blood stream and enter the liver cells for chemical processing

123
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what makes up the large intestine

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-cecum, appendix, colon, rectum

124
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what does the large intestine do

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-secretes mucus and HCO3- ions
-absorbs water (1.3-1.5L/day) and other ions (mainly Na+ and Cl-)

125
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what happens with matter at the end of the large intestine

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undigested remnants are expelled form the anus

126
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how many bacteria species live in the intestine

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and many as 500. makes up to 30-50% of the dry matter of feces

127
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what is most common bacteria found in the human (and most mammals) digestive tract

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-escherichia coli
-metabolizes sugars and other nutrients remaining in the digestive residue

128
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what do microbe in the intestine do

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-produce useful fatty acids and vitamins such as: vit K, B group of vitimans (folic acid and biotin) some of which are absorbed in the large intestine
-produces a large quantity of gases: CO2, methane, and hydrogen sulfide

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