digestive system Flashcards

1
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a continous tube starting from the mouth to the anus

A

alimentary canal

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2
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break down food through bite, cut, tear, grind

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teeth

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3
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muscular organ in the mouth, guide food when chewing and swallowing

A

tongue

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4
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throat;serves as a [assageway for air and food/water

A

pharynx

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5
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an open/close flap to allow air to pass when not swallowing food

A

epiglottis

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6
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voice box;breathing;swallowing;talking

A

larynx

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7
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windpipe;leading oxygen to lungs

A

trachea

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8
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tube leading from the mouth to the stomach;the hollow part of the esophagus is called LUMEN

A

esophagus

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9
Q

food storage place where food is mixed with gastric juice

A

stomach

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10
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opening and closing of the tube in the stomach area and the anus opening

A

sphincter

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11
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maintain blood sugar level:makes pancreatic juice- helps neutralize stomach acid

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pancreas

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12
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organ that produces bule juice to help in digestion

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liver

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13
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a juice produced by the liver;helps break down food

A

bile

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14
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storage place for bile

A

gallbladder

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15
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22 feet long small tube leading from stomach

A

small intestine

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16
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finger like protrusion in the small intestine that helps absorb nutrients from the food

A

vili

17
Q

first section of the small intestine. bile and pancreatic juice dump here to help digest food

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duodenum

18
Q

middle section of the small intestine. absorption of small molecules.

A

jejunum

19
Q

last section of the small intestine, asborption of nutrients.

A

ileum

20
Q

5 feet long. another name for large intestine.

A

colon

21
Q

a rythmiv vontraction of the tubes from esophagus to the anus

A

peristalsis

22
Q

first colon pouch to receive undigested food

A

caecum

23
Q

bacteria storage pouch;located where small and large intestine meet

A

appendix

24
Q

absorbing remaining water; squeezing left over water out of feces

A

ascending colon

25
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feces hang to dry;packaging solid waste

A

traverse colon

26
Q

feces delivering highway;going toward the rectum

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descending colon

27
Q

the last section of the large intestine;feces storage tnak

A

rectum

28
Q

indegstible waste

A

feces

29
Q

the last opening of the alimentary canal; the exit door

A

anus

30
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