Digestive System Flashcards
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List the three possible layers of the tunica mucosa.
3 layers of tunica mucosa
- inner epithelium
- middle lamina propria
- thin outer muscularis mucosae
List two plexuses found in some tubular viscera.
Cranial and caudal myenteric plexus
List the components of the digestive system.
- oral cavity
- teeth
- esophagus
- stomach
- small intestine
- large
- colon
- rectum
- anus
List the salivary glands and their secretions.
major salivary glands
- parotid gland- serous
- sublingual gland- mixed
- submandibular gland- mixed
Function of Gastrointestinal system (5)
Function of Gastrointestinal system
Prehension: ingestion followed by fragmentation
Mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of nutrients
Absorption
Synthesis/Secretion
Excretion of waste material
Identify



These projections are called the VILLI

Oral Cavity
Oral Cavity
- Formed by lips and cheeks and palate, pharynx, tongue
- mucosa lined by stratefied squamous epithelium
- lamina propria of connective tissue
- **dental pad in ruminants


Tongue
Tongue
- covered by mucosa
- papillae ore the bumbs
- sone papillae have taste buds
- skeletal muscle!
- longitudinal
- transversal
- vertical


Teeth
Teeth
- Hard structures
- enamel produced by ameloblasts
- dentin beneath is produced by odontoblasts
- cementum
- Soft tissues
- pulp
- peridontal ligament

layers of tooth









4 tunics of digestive organs
4 tunics of digestive organs
- Mucosa
- inner epithelium
- middle lamina propria
- thin outer muscularis mucosae
- Submucosa
- Muscularis
- inner circular
- outer longitudinal
- Serosa







myenteric plexus
myenteric plexus
- part of tunica muscularis
- nervous tissue
- neuron cell bodies that control glands and smooth muscle

esophagus
esophagus
- lined by stratefied squamous epithelium
- mucus glands
- heals poorly

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