Digestive System Flashcards

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1
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Teeth

A

Break down food so it moves faster

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2
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Types of teeth

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Front acts as knife, movers grind down food

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3
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Tungue

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Roles food to back of throat to help swallowing

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4
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Esophagus

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Muscles squeezing that push food to stomach

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5
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Liver

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Makes bile and detoxifies substance

  1. Turn glucose into glycogen
  2. Stores carbohydrates as glycogen
  3. Acts as amino acids to form urea
  4. Secretes bile
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6
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Bile duct

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Path ways for bile to get to exit of stomach

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7
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Bile

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Helps register food .
neatrilze stomach acid

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8
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Gall bladder

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Stores bile so we always have enough

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9
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Small intentine

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Also known a villi

Narrow in diameter
Adored nutrients into blood

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10
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Appendix

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Unknown purpose
Could be a saferpom for bacteria
Is removed if about to burst

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11
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Salivary glands

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Softens food

Releases amylase
Converts starch into sugar

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12
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Cardiac sphineter

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Keeps stomach acid in stomach. Not in throat

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13
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Stomach

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Moves food around in curulare motion

Reales amylase and hydrochloric acid

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14
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Pancreas

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Produce amzimes for digestion of food

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15
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Large intestine

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Absorbs water to reuse

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16
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Rectum

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Storage area for waste

17
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Anus

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Exit, keep waste inside until ready for realese

18
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How does the stomach protect its self

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A mucus membrane, mucus lning

19
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How does the stomach lining get damage

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Bacteria, stress., and diet.
Salt, alcohol, some drugs

20
Q

What is gall stone

A

Bile salts that solidified

21
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Why is waste brown

A

Bile that is not absorbed

22
Q

What function do the beneficial bacteria in our large intestine perform

A

Collect leftover nutrients and breakdown more food

23
Q

What happens to the sugar that enters our bloodstream

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Goes to muscles first, but then stored for later in liver

24
Q

To what substance is the excess sugar converted

A

Glicogine

25
Q

What function does the liver have that is unreplaceable

A

The ability to fight toxins

26
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Pylori sphineter

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Constricted band of muscle that keeps food in stomach
Regulates Foo in stomach

27
Q

5 functions of tongue

A

Used for taste
Helps you chew by keeping food at the back of your throat
Keeps inner surface of teeth clean
Essential for speach

28
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Parts of small intestine

A

Duodenal
Jejunum
Ileum

29
Q

3 enzymes In pancreas

A

Trypsin - breakdown proteins
Amylase - changes starch into Maltese
Lipase- splits fat into fatty acids and glycerin

30
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Villi

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Fingerling projections in the irregular lining in the small intestine. Is used to make more surface area to absorb nutrients

31
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Peristalsis

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The involuntary contraction of the esophagus, which moves the food down

32
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Pancreas

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Puts enzymes into small intestines to break down food

Proteins, fats, carbohydrates

33
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Gull stones are caused by

A

To much salt

34
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Gull stones are caused by

A

To much salt