Digestive System 2 Flashcards
Accesory Digestive Organs: Teeth
Assists in mastication for food
2 Sets: Kids - 20, Adults - 30
Types of teeth: Incisors
Used for cutting
Types of teeth: Canines
Tearing or piercing
Types of teeth: Premolars
Grinding
Types of teeth: Molars
Grinding
Accesory Digestive Organs: Salivary Glands
creates saliva, only 3 pairs present in oral cavity
Salivary Glands: Parotid Glands
Found anterior to the ears, can become infected by mumps
Salivary Glands: Submandibular & Sublingual glands
Located at the floor of the mouths
Accesory Digestive Organs: Saliva
Helps moisten and bind food together to form bolus
What is Salivary Amylase
The enzyme that starts the digestion of starches in the mouth
What do Lysozymes and antibodies do
Dissolves chemicals for taste
Accesory Digestive Organs: Pancreas
Secretes important enzymes
Secretes bicarbonate to neutralize acidic chyme
Pancreas: What enzyme is secreted for carbohydrates
Pancreatic Amylase
Pancreas: What enzyme is secreted for fats
Pancreatic lipase
Pancreas: What are the 3 pancreatic proteases
Trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidase