Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
What structure helps to hold teeth into the bony jaw?
A
periodontal ligament
2
Q
What is another name for the large intestine?
A
Colon
3
Q
What allows for both food and air to pass through?
A
Pharynx
4
Q
What does the liver produce that the gallbladder stores?
A
bile
5
Q
The portions of the small intestines in anatomical order would be?
A
Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
6
Q
Where does haustral churning occur?
A
large intestine
7
Q
what is the cuspids
A
type of teeth are used to tear things like meat
8
Q
What tube moves food from your throat to your stomach and is posterior to the trachea?
A
Esophagus
9
Q
Aa-/An-
A
without
10
Q
Dia-
A
thought across
11
Q
dys
A
painful
12
Q
ortho-
A
straight
