Digestive System Flashcards
Salivary glands
Function: break down carbohydrates
neck looking picture
esophagus
Function: tube for food to go to stomach
in between vagina and hole
liver function and system
Function: produces bile that helps break down fats, digestive and endocrine
actually looks like chopped liver
Stomach
Function: holds food and mixes it with acid and enzymes to break down food into chyme and protein digestion
irregularly shaped, right next to the intestines
Gall bladder
Function: stores and concentrates bile – then released into the duodenum to help break down and absorb fats
(pretty deep, almost green in between what looks like liver)
Small intestine
Function: break down food, absorb nutrients into the blood stream
(pretty small, what i thought the pancreas looked like)
Spleen (part of lymphatic system)
Function: stores and filters blood, removing old and damaged red blood cells and makes white cells
(to the right of the picture, dark in color)
pancreas system and function
Function: produces digestive enzymes that break down proteins in food, digestive and endocrine
(right next to two blue veins)
Large intestine function and system
Function: absorbs water and electrolytes from partially digested food along with vitamins and digestive
(looks like chicken skin)
Colon (Part of large intestine)
Function: same as large intestine
(looks like a dick)
What is the ileocecal valve so important to the digestive system?
Prevents backflow of bacteria from the large intestine to the small intestine preventing infection
(long path, only one that’s a cartoon, tube)
Greater Omentum
Function: protective barrier over intestines against infection and inflammation
What is the function of the larynx?
Voice box , ability to produce sound
Trachea function and system
Allows passage of air in and out of the lung and respiratory
What is the function of the cricoid cartilage? and what is the system?
marks the lowermost portion of the larynx; and. protects the larynx, respiratory system
Lymph node function and system
they filter substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid, lymphatic system
What is the function of the sublingunal, submandibular and parotid glands?
Produces saliva