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Digestive System Flashcards

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A continuous tube that begins in the mouth and ends in the anus.

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Digestive System

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Other term for Digestive System?

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Alimentary Canal or Gastrointestinal Tract

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Used for breaking down food into nutrients which is then passed through the circulatory system and is taken to where they are needed in the body

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Digestive System

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What are the functions of the digestive system?

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  1. Ingest Food
  2. Breakdown food into nutrient molecules
  3. Absorb molecules into the bloodstream
  4. Elimination of solidwastes
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What are the four stages of food processing?

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  1. Ingestion
  2. Digestion
  3. Absorption
  4. Egestion
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What are the parts of the digestive system?

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  1. Mouth
  2. Salivary glands
  3. Teeth
  4. Tongue
  5. Esophagus
  6. Stomach
  7. Small Intestine
  8. Liver
  9. Gallbladder
  10. Pancreas
  11. Large Intestine
  12. Rectum & Anus
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What does the tongue contain that breaks down food with starch?

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Amylase

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This part of your mouth produces saliva

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Salivary Glands

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What are the three parts of the salivary glands?

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  1. Parotid
  2. Sublingual
  3. Submandibular
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This is used for mastication (Chewing, grinding of food)

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Teeth

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Food that is broken apart and mixed with saliva

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Bolus

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What are the four types of teeth?

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  1. INCISORS - Biting and Cutting
  2. CANINE - Grasping and Tearing
  3. PRE-MOLAR - Grinding and Crushing
  4. MOLAR - Grinding and Crushing
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These are a group of muscles covered with mucous membrane.

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Tongue

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Raised areas or bumps seen in the
surface of the tongue, used to grip the food
and contains the ‘taste buds’

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Papillae

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What are the types of Papillae?

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  1. FUNGIFORM - Large ones located in front
    of the tongue
  2. FILIFORM - Smaller ones seen in the front
  3. VALLATE - Large ones at the back, mostly
    only 8 to 10 are seen
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16
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What are the five tastes?

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  1. Sweet
  2. Salty
  3. Sour
  4. Bitter
  5. Umami
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The bolus is passed to the ___, and the ____ makes sure that the bolus passes down to the ___.

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pharynx, epiglottis, esophagus

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The muscular tube wherein food passes from the
MOUTH to the STOMACH.

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Esophagus

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Opening of the esophagus lies next to the opening of the ____

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Trachea

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20
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This is also known as the windpipe

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Trachea

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21
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Wave of muscular contractions that push the bolus down towards the stomach.

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Peristalsis

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22
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The food is then moved down from the ____ towards the stomach by wavelike muscular contractions called peristalsis.

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Upper Esophageal Sphincter

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a muscle valve that permits the passage of food and at the same time keeps stomach acid out of the esophagus.

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Lower Esophageal Sphincter

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A big muscular pouch, expandable organ.

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Stomach

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Upper portion of the stomach

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Fundus

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Lower portion of the stomach

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Antrum

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27
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Created when bolus is mixed with Hydrochloric acid and other gastric juices

28
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What does the gastric juice contain?

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  1. Acids - kills off any invading bacteria or viruses
  2. Enzymes - help break down proteins and lipids
  3. Mucus - protects the lining of the stomach
    being eaten away by the strong acid
29
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Where does the Chyme pass through?

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Pyloric Sphincter Valve

30
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After passing through the Pyloric Sphincter Valve, where does the Chyme go?

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Small Intestine

31
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90% of the absorption occurs here and is about 21 feet long and 1 diameter

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Small Intestine

32
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What assists the Small Intestine for absorption?

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Liver & Pancreas

33
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What are the three parts of the Intestine?

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  1. Duodenum - tube that runs from the stomach to the small intestine (1 foot).
  2. Jejunum - where majority of the absorption
    takes place (8 feet)
  3. Ilium - compacts the leftovers to pass through the large intestine (remaining 12 feet).
34
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These are hair-like prostitutions that allow the slow the passage of food and allow food
particles to be captured for blood to absorb the nutrients in the food.

35
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What are the two types of Villi?

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  1. Villus capillaries - collects amino acids and glucose.
  2. Villus lacteals - collects absorbed fatty acids.
36
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Like a huge chemical factory. It stores Glucose, which we rely on for energy.

37
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Helps digest fats

38
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The liver’s primary contribution is the production of ___ which drains into the ____ and stored in the GALLBLADDER.

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bile, duodenum

39
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breaking of large fat globules into smaller fat droplets

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emulsification

40
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The liver also stores Iron and fat soluble vitamins. What are these fat soluble vitamins?

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A, D, E, and K

41
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When chyme containing fats leaves the stomach, the ______ contracts and discharges bile through the _____ and ____ into the Duodenum of the small intestine.

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gallbladder, cystic duct, common bile duct

42
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Secretes a juice into the duodenum to reduce the acidity of the chyme.

43
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Where pancreatic juice passes merging with the bile duct.

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Pancreatic Duct

44
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contains digestive enzymes and bicarbonate ions

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Pancreatic juice

45
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Vital to digestion, that a person would
starve without it even if they are consuming
an adequate amount of food.

46
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How long is the large intestine?

47
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What are the divisions of the large intestine?

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  1. Cecum
  2. Ascending Colon
  3. Transverse Colon
  4. Descending Colon
48
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Used to absorb excess water from the waste material, store unusable food matter, and eliminate the wastes from the body.

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Large Intestine

49
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It’s main job is to form chyme into feces. The wall absorbs water into the bloodstream.

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Large Intestine

50
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The wormlike tube attached in the Cecum. Thus also provides a place for friendly bacteria to be stored whenever we have an illness.

51
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Storage of feces

52
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Where the waste leave the digestive system through BOWEL MOVEMENT.

53
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For defecation or egestion, we consciously relax the external anal sphincter muscle to expel the waste through the anus.

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Bowel movement

54
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What are the functions of the Excretory System?

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  1. Removes waste from the human body
  2. Get rid of nitrogenous waste products of metabolism including ammonia, urea, and uric acid.
55
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What are the functions of the excretory System?

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  1. FILTRATION - The EXCRETORY TUBULE collects filtrate from blood.
  2. REABSORPTION - The TRANSTPORT EPITHELIUM reclaims valuable substances from the filtrate and returns them.
  3. SECRETION - Other substances are extracted from body fluids and added to the contents of the excretory tube.
  4. EXCRETION - The filtrate leaves the system and the body.
56
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Located on both sides of the spine between thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.

57
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Blood enters the kidneys through ____ and leaves through _____.

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Renal arteries, Renal veins

58
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These are the tubes found in the kidneys, which carry waste products from the kidneys to the URINARY BLADDER for STORAGE or for RELEASE.

59
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urine is expelled from the ____ through the ___.

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Urinary Bladder through the Urethra

60
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What are the parts of the kidneys?

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  1. Cortex
  2. Medulla
  3. Hilum
61
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located in the middle of the concave side of the kidney where blood vessels, nerves, and the ureters enter and exit the kidneys.

62
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a hollow cavity where urine accumulates and drains into the ureter.

63
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The functions units of the kidney.

64
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What are the two parts of the nephron?

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  1. Renal Corpuscle
  2. Renal Tubule - series of single layer
    tubules
65
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Tube approximately 6 to 7 inches long attached
to each kidney.

66
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What are the three layers of the ureters?

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Smooth Muscle, Fibrous Muscle, Mucous Layer

67
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A tube of smooth muscle with a mucous lining that carries urine from the bladder to outside of the body.

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