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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards

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 —taking in food
- mouth to esophagus

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INGESTION

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 —breaking food into nutrient molecules
- mechanical and chemical digestion in the stomach

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DIGESTION

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continuous, coiled, hollow tub that runs through the ventral cavity from
stomach to anu

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Alimentary canal (gastrointestinal or GI
tract)—

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 Include teeth, tongue, and several large digestive
organs
 Assist digestion in various way

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Accessory digestive organs

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 —excretes to rid the body of
indigestible waste
- rectum to anuS

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DEFECATION

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 —movement of nutrients into the
bloodstream
- small intestine: nutrient - large intestine: water

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ABSORPTION

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ALIMENTARY CANAL

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Mouth
 Pharynx
 Esophagus (MAPLESS)
 Stomach
 Small intestine
 Large intestine
 Anu
MPESSLA

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 Runs from pharynx to stomach through the diaphragm
About 10 inches long

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ESOPHAGUS

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 Passageway for food only (respiratory system
branches off after the pharynx)

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ESOPHAGUS

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Innermost, moist membrane consisting of:
 Surface epithelium

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MUCOSA

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 Food passes from the mouth posteriorly into the:

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 Oropharynx—posterior to oral cavity
 Laryngopharynx—below the oropharynx and
continuous with the esophagus

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 Mucosa in the stomach and intestine

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absorbs and
secretes

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Conducts food by peristalsis (slow rhythmic squeezing) to the stomach

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ESOPHAGUS

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 Lines the cavity (known as the LUMEN

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MUCOSA

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Serves as a passageway for foods, fluids, and air

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PHARYNX

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Mucosa in mouth and esophagus:

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resist abrasions

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 Soft connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve
endings, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, and
lymphatic vessel
 Just beneath the mucosa

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Submucosa

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 For movement and secretion of the tract
 Inner circular layer
 Outer longitudinal layer

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Muscularis externa—smooth muscle

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contains fluid-producing cells of SEROSA

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 Visceral peritoneum—innermost layer that is
continuous with the outermost layer
 Parietal peritoneum—outermost layer that lines the
abdominopelvic cavity by way of the mesentery

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—outermost layer of the wall; contains fluid-producing cells

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Serosa

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 C-shaped organ located on the left side of the
abdominal cavity

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Stomach

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—travels down the left side

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 Descending

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 Food enters at the ___
from the esophagus

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cardio esophageal sphincter Stomach

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 —expanded portion lateral to the cardiac
region

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Fundus

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produce mucus and protects stomach lining

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Surface mucous cells-

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 Food empties into the small intestine at the
____ (valve

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pyloric sphincter
Stomach

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internal folds of the mucosa present when the
stomach is empt

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Rugae—

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 Body—midportion
 Greater curvature is the ____
 Lesser curvature is the ____

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convex lateral surface
concave medial surface

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—near the heart and surrounds the
cardioesophageal sphincter

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Cardial (cardia)

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 Double layer of the peritoneum
 Extends from liver to the lesser curvature of sto

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Lesser omentum
VENTRAL MESENTERY

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—funnel-shaped terminal end

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Pylorus

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produce protein-digesting enzymes
(pepsinogens)

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 Chief cells—

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produce thin acidic mucus (different from the mucus produced by mucous cells of the mucosa)

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 Mucous neck cells—

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produce local hormones such
as gastrin

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 Enteroendocrine cells—

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 Temporary storage tank and a mixing chamber of food
 Site of food breakdown
 Chemical breakdown of protein begins (pepsin)
 Delivers chyme (processed food) to the sm

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STOMACH

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Fat insulates, cushions, and protects abdominal organs
 Another extension of the peritoneum
 Covers the abdominal organs

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Greater omentum
DORSAL MESENTERY

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produce hydrochloric acid that activates enzymes

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 Parietal cells—

5
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—S-shaped region; enters the pelvis

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 Sigmoid

5
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 Larger in diameter, but shorter in length at 1.5 m,
than the small intestine
 Extends from the ileocecal valve to t

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Large Intestine

5
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 Collections of lymphatic tissue
 Located in submucosa
 Increase in number toward the end of the small
intestine
 More are needed there because remaining food
residue contains

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Peyer’s patches

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saclike first part of the large intestine

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 Cecum

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—travels up right side of abdomen and makes a turn at the right colic (hepatic) flexure

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 Ascending

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 Muscular tube extending from the pyloric
sphincter to the ileocecal valve
 Suspended from the posterior abdominal wall by
the mesenterY

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SMALL INTESTINE

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The body’s major digestive organ
 Longest portion of the alimentary tube (2–4 m, or 7–13 feet, in a living person)
 Site of nutrient absorption into the blood

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SMALL INTESTINE

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 opening of the large intestine

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Anus—

5
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 Hangs from the cecum
 Accumulation of lymphoid tissue that sometimes
becomes inflamed (appendicitis)

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 Appendix

5
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—travels across the abdominal cavity and turns at the left colic (splenic) flexure

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 Transverse

5
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 These sphincters are normally closed except during
___
 The large intestine delivers indigestible food
residues to the body’s exterior

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defecation

5
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 formed by smooth muscle and is involuntary

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Internal anal sphincter—

6
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Gastrin
Stomach

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  • Stimulates release of gastric juice
  • Stimulates stomach emptying
6
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 formed by skeletal muscle
and is voluntary

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External anal sphincter—

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Intestinal gastrin
Duodenum

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  • Stimulates gastric secretion and emptying
7
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Somatostatin
Stomach and
duodenum

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  • Inhibits secretion of gastric juice and pancreatic juice
  • Inhibits emptying of stomach and gallbladder
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Histamine
Stomach

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  • Activates parietal cells to secrete hydrochloric acid
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8
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Secretin
Duodenum

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  • Increases output of pancreatic juice rich in
    bicarbonate ions
  • Increases bile output by liver
  • Inhibits gastric mobility and gastric gland
    secretion
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Cholecystokinin
(CCK)

Duodenum

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  • Increases output of enzyme-rich pancreatic juice
  • Stimulates gallbladder to expel stored bile
  • Relaxes sphincter of duodenal papilla to allow bile
    and pancreatic juice to enter the duodenum
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Gastric inhibitory
peptide (GIP

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  • Inhibits secretion of gastric juice
  • Stimulates insulin release
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1.1 ANAPHY (10 decks)

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