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Digestive System Flashcards

1
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A continuous tube running from the mouth to anus. This is composed of mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine

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Gastrointestinal/Alimentary tract

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These are row of small teeth along the margin of the upper jaw

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Maxillary teeth

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This is a pair of grooves on the inner side of the maxillary teeth that receives the lower jaw when the mouth is closed

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Sulcus marginalis

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4
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A prominent depression of the sulcus marginalis at the anterior tip of the upper jaw

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Median subrostral fossa

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5
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A pair of depressions of the sulcus marginalis lateral to the pulvinars

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Lateral subrostral fossa

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A pair of low elevations on each side of the median subrostral fossa

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Pulvinar rostrale

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A pair of slit-like openings above the eyeballs leading to the external nares

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Internal/posterior nares/Choanae

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These are two large rounded bulges of the eyeball

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Eyeball/orbital prominence

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These are fine teeth projecting from the vomers in between the internal nares

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Vomerine teeth

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10
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A pair of slit-like openings found medial to the angles of the jaw

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Opening of eustachian tube

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11
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Leads to the cavity of the middle ear

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Eustachian tube

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12
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These are two shallow depressions on each side of tuberculum prelinguale

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Prelingual fossa

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13
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A prominent median elevation at the tip of the lower jaw. This fits into the median subrostral fossa when the mouth is closed

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Tuberculum prelinguale

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14
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A forked muscular organ attached to the anterior tip of the lower jaw

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Tongue

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15
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This is a pair of slit-like opening on the floor of the mouth close to the angle of the jaw

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Opening of vocal sac

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16
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A large transverse slit, posterior to the laryngeal prominence

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Opening of esophagus

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17
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Circular elevation anterior to the esophageal opening

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Laryngeal prominence

18
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A short vertical slit like opening at the center of the laryngeal prominence

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Glottis

19
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Posterior portion of the buccal cavity which opens into the esophagus

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Pharynx

20
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A very short tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach

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Esophagus

21
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A large whitish organ with either u or j shaped enlarged portion of the digestive tube

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Stomach

22
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This is a constriction at the posterior end of the stomach

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Pylorus

23
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This is a dark red organ located on the left lateral side of the stomach

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Spleen

24
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This is a small greenish sac located at the ventral part of the median lobe of liver

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Gallbladder

25
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This is slender and the longest portion of the tube which is irregularly coiled

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Small intestine

26
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The more anterior portion of the small intestine which is wider but shorter

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Duodenum

27
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More posterior, narrower and longer coiled division of the small intestine

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Ileum

28
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This is a short dilated tube at the terminal end of the ileum

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Large intestine

29
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This is the posterior dilated end of the large intestine located within the pelvic girdle

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Cloaca

30
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A small opening at the posterior end of the cloaca

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Cloacal opening/Vent

31
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This is a large reddish brown organ on the anterior portion of the pleuro-peritoneal cavity

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Liver

32
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Stores bile

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Gallbladder

33
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Come from the left and right lobes of the liver

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Hepatic ducts

34
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A tiny duct connected to the neck of the gallbladder

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Cystic duct

35
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The large duct formed by the cystic, hepatic and pancreatic duct. This is surrounded by the tissues of the pancreas and enters the duodenum

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Common bile duct

36
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This is a small elongated and irregularly shaped gland located between the stomach and duodenum

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Pancreas

37
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Conducts the pancreatic juice to the duodenum

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Pancreatic duct

38
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Mesentery of the stomach

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Mesogaster

39
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Mesentery of the spleen

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Gastrosplenic ligament

40
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Mesentery of the liver

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Falciform ligament; gastrohepatic ligament; hepatoduodenal ligament

41
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Mesentery of the small intestine

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Mesenterium or mesentery proper

42
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Mesentery of the large intestine

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Mesorectum

Zoology Lab (5 decks)

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