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Digestive System Flashcards

1
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  1. Take in food
  2. Break down food
  3. Absorb digested materials
  4. Provide nutrients
  5. Eliminate waste
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digestive system

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2
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Layer of the smooth epithelial tissue

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peritoneum

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3
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connective tissue of organs in abdominal cavity

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mesenteries

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4
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mesentery connecting lesser curvature of stomach to liver and diaphram

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lesser omentum

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5
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mesentery connecting greater curvature of stomach to transverse colon and posterior body wall

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greater omentum

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6
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  • First part of digestive system
  • Contains stratified squamous epithelia
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oral cavity

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7
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  • produce saliva which contains enzymes to breakdown carbohydrates into glucose
  • cleanse mouth
  • dissolve and moisten food
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salivary glands

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8
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salivary enzyme that breaks down
carbohydrates

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amylase

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9
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salivary enzymes that are active against bacteria

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lysozyme

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10
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house taste buds and mucus

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tongue

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11
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_______ is hard covering protects against abrasions

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enamel

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12
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how many teeth in a normal adult?

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32

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13
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how many primary (baby) teeth?

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20

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14
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Center of tooth is ______

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pulp cavity

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15
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______ are breakdown of enamel by acids from bacteria

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cavities

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16
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roof of oral cavity

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palate

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17
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anterior part of palate

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hard palate

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18
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posterior part of palate

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soft palate

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19
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  • includes submandibular, sublingual, parotid
  • produce saliva contains enzymes to breakdown food
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salivary gland

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20
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inflammation of parotid gland

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mumps

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21
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Type of secretion of parotid gland

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purely serous

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22
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Type of secretion of submandibular gland

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mixed predominantly serous

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23
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Type of secretion of sublingual gland

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mixed predominantly mucous

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24
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  • Throat
  • Connects mouth to esophagus
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pharynx

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25
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  • Tube that connects pharynx to stomach
  • Transport food to stomach
  • Joins stomach at cardiac opening
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esophagus

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26
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  • occurs when gastric juices regurgitate into esophagus
  • caused by caffeine, smoking, or eating or drinking in excess
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heartburn

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27
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Phases of swallowing

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  • voluntary phase
  • pharyngeal phase
  • esophageal phase
  • peristalsis
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28
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Swallowing phase: bolus (mass of food) formed in mouth and pushed into oropharynx

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voluntary phase

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29
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swallowing phase: swallowing reflex initiated when bolus stimulates receptors in oropharynx

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pharyngeal phase

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30
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swallowing phase: moves food from pharynx to stomach

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esophageal phase

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31
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swallowing phase: wave-like contractions moves food through digestive tract (Myenteric plexus/Auerbach’s plexus)

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peristalsis

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32
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  • Located in abdomen
  • Storage tank for food
  • Produces mucus, hydrochloric acid, protein digesting enzymes
  • Contains a thick mucus layer that lubricates and protects epithelial cells on ______ wall form acidic pH (3)
  • Can hold up to 2 liters of food
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stomach

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33
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Function of the _______ of the stomach is to produce churning action

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thick muscular layer

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34
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Function of the _______ of the stomach acts as the large folds that allow stomach to stretch

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rugae

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35
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Function of the _______ of the stomach is the paste-like substance that forms when food begins to be broken down

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chyme

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36
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opening between stomach and small intestine

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pyloric opening

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37
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thick, ring of smooth muscle around pyloric opening

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pyloric sphincter

38
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stomach is stimulated to contract by low blood glucose levels usually 12-24 hours after a meal

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hunger pangs

39
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3 phases of regulation of stomach secretions

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  • cephalic phase
  • gastric phase
  • intestinal phase
40
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Parasympathetic stimulation, gastrin, histamine increase stomach secretions

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regulation of stomach secretions

41
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  • 1st phase of stomach secretion regulation
  • stomach secretions are initiated by sight, smell, taste, or food thought
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cephalic phase

42
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  • 2nd phase of stomach secretions regulation
  • partially digested proteins and distention of stomach promote secretion
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gastric phase

43
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  • 3rd phase of stomach secretion regulation
  • acidic chyme stimulates neuronal reflexes and secretions of hormones that inhibit gastric secretions by negative feedback loops
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intestinal phase

44
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2 types of waves in the stomach

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  • mixing waves
  • peristaltic waves
45
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Stomach waves:
- weak contraction
- thoroughly mix food to form chyme

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mixing waves

46
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stomach waves:
- stronger contraction
- force chyme toward and through pyloric sphincter

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peristaltic waves

47
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_____ and _____ stimulate stomach secretions

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Hormonal, neural mechanisms

48
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Stomach empties every _ hours after regular meal, and ___ hours after high fatty meal

49
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What does surface mucous cells secrete?

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mucin in an alkaline fluid

50
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what does mucous neck cells secrete?

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mucin in an acidic fluid

51
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what does parietal cells secrete?

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HCL & intrinsic factor

52
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what does chief cells secrete

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pepsinogen & lipase

53
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What does G cells/enteroendocrine cells secrete?

54
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  • Measures 6 meters in length
  • Major absorptive organ
  • Chyme takes 3-5 hours to pass through
  • Contains enzymes to further breakdown food
  • Contains secretions for protection against chyme’s acidity
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Small intestine

55
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3 parts of the small intestine

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  • duodenum
  • jejunum
  • ileum
56
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part of small intestine:
- 25 cm long
- contains absorptive cells, goblet cells, granular cells, endocrine cells
- contains microvilli and many folds
- contains bile and pancreatic ducts

57
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part of small intestine: 2.5 meters long and absorbs nutrients

58
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part of small intestine: 3.5 meters long

59
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  • Function is to absorb water from indigestible food
  • Contains cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal
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large intestine

60
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  • joins small intestine at ileocecal junction
  • has appendix attached
61
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9 cm structure that is often removed

62
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  • 1.5 meters long
  • contains ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid regions
63
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straight tube that begins at sigmoid and ends at anal canal

64
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last 2-3 cm of digestive tract

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anal canal

65
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Food takes how long to pass through?

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18 - 24 hrs

66
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a product of water, indigestible food, and microbes

67
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Microbes synthesize vitamin __

68
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  • Weighs about 3 lbs.
  • In right upper quadrant of abdomen under diaphragm
  • Right, left, caudate, quadrate lobes
  • contains porta
  • Receives blood from hepaticartery
69
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gate where blood vessels, ducts, nerves enter and exit

70
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4 liver ducts

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  • hepatic duct
  • common hepatic duct
  • cystic duct
  • common bile duct
71
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liver duct: transports bile out of liver

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hepatic duct

72
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liver duct: formed from left and right hepatic duct

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common hepatic duct

73
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liver duct:
- joins common hepatic duct
- from gallbladder

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cystic duct

74
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liver duct: formed from common hepatic duct and cystic duct

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common bile duct

75
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  • Small sac on inferior surface of liver
  • Stores and concentrates bile
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gallbladder

76
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  • Digestive and excretory functions
  • Stores and processes nutrients
  • Detoxifies harmful chemicals
  • Synthesizes new molecules
  • Secretes 700ml of bile each day
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functions of liver

77
Q

dilutes and neutralizes stomach acid and breaks down fats

78
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  • Located posterior to stomach in inferior part of left upper quadrant
  • Head near midline of body
  • Tail extends to left and touches spleen
  • Endocrine tissues have pancreatic islet that produce insulin and glucagon
  • Exocrine tissues produce digestive enzymes
79
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breakdown of food occurs in stomach and mouth

80
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moves food through digestive tract includes swallowing and peristalsis

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propulsion

81
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primarily in duodenum and jejunum of small intestine

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absorption

82
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elimination of waste in the form of feces

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defecation

83
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_____split into disaccharides by salivary and pancreatic amylases

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Polysaccharides

84
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____ broken down into monosaccharides by disaccharidases on surface of intestinal epithelium

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Disaccharides

85
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___ is absorbed by cotransport with Na+ into intestinal epithelium

86
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____ is carried by hepatic portal vein to liver and enters most cells by facilitated diffusion

87
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  • Bile salts emulsify lipids
  • Lipase breaks down lipids which form micelles
  • Micelles are in contact with intestinal epi. and diffuse with cells where they are packaged and released into lacteals
  • Lipids are stored in adipose tissue and liver
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liver digestion

88
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  • Proteins are split into polypeptides by enzymes secreted by stomach and pancreas
  • Peptides and amino acids are absorbed into intestinal epi. cells
  • Amino acids are actively transported into cells (help from GH and insulin)
  • Amino acids used to build new proteins
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protein digestion

89
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  • ___ can move across intestinal wall in either direction
  • Depends on osmotic conditions
  • 99% of ____entering intestine is absorbed
90
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____ are actively transported across wall of small intestine

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