Digestive system Flashcards

1
Q

In Mouth starch converts to

A

sugar

saliva break down starch into less complex sugars like maltose and dextrin.

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2
Q

Salivary Amylase Hormone or Enzyme ?

A

Enzyme

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3
Q

complex food substances break into simpler ones with help of

A

Enzyme

Salivary Amylase Enzyme breaks complex carbohydrates into simple carbohydrates

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4
Q

Body stores food in

A

Glycogen

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5
Q

Ball like mixture of foof with saliva

A

Bolus

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6
Q

Oesophagus

A

Food pipe

Food directly goes to stomach

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7
Q

Gastric juice chemical

A

HCl

makes acidic medium

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8
Q

Pepsin

A

Protein into Amino acids

works in acidic medium

(pepsi-Acid)

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9
Q

partly digested food.

A

chyme

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10
Q

protects inner lining of stomach from gastric juice

A

Mucus membrane

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11
Q

largest gland

A

Liver

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12
Q

regeneration cells

A

kupffer cells

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13
Q

star shaped phagocytic cells

A

kupffer cells

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14
Q

kupffer cells present in

A

Liver

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15
Q

not a part of alimentary canal

A

liver, pancreas

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16
Q

Hepatology

A

study of liver

studies all the organs in your digestive system, including your liver.

17
Q

major parenchymal cells in liver

A

Hepatocytes

18
Q

converts glucose into glycogen (a complex carbohydrate used for storage)
and amino acids to proteins

19
Q

Pepsin present in

A

stomach

acid

20
Q

which enzymes convert protein to amino acids

A

Pepsin - Acid
Trypsin - Alkaline

21
Q

Trypsin is secreted by

A

pancreas

(Try-pan)

Trypsin is an enzyme

22
Q

both Exo and Endocrine gland

A

Pancreas

Trypsin - Exocrine
Insulin - Endocrine

23
Q

Alimentary canal

A

mouth [pharynx (throat), esophagus] stomach,
small intestine,
large intestine,
rectum, and
anus

24
Q

allows food to pass from stomach to small intestine

A

Sphincter muscle

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small intestine length
7-8 m long
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3 parts in small intestine
Duodenum (outside) Jejunum, and ileum (inside)
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Bile juice
secreted by liver stored in Gall bladder basic/Alkaline medium
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Glycogen <======> Glucose
sugar level ↥ hyper glycemia Glucagon ➜ Glycogen <=============> Glucose ⇽ Insulin sugar level ↧ hypo glycemia
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Pancreatic juice -
amylase lipase trypsin
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amylase lipase trypsin
amylase - breaks carbs lipase - fats into fatty acid trypsin - protenis to amino acids
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e finger like projections help in increase of surface area for food absorption
Villi
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Maltase
Matlose ---> Glucose in small intestine
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Large intestine length
1.5 m long
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Rectum in
Large intestine
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mouth and anus same
Platyhelminthes
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vestigial organs
appendix