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Digestive system Flashcards

1
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Digestive tract/alimentary tract or canal

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Tube from oral cavity to anus

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GI tract

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Refers to stomach and intestines

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3
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Accessory organs

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Primarily glands

Secrete fluids into tract

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4
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Ingestion - function

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Introduction of food into the stomach

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5
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Mastication

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Chewing

Increases surface area

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Propulsion - function

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Two types
Deglutition
Peristalsis

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Deglutition

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Swallowing

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8
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Peristalsis

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Moves material through digestive tract

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Secretion - function

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Mucus - along entire digestive tract to lubricate food
Water - food easier to digest and absorb
Bile - emulsifies fats
Enzymes - chemical digestion

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10
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Digestion - function

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Mechanical and chemical

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Absorption - function

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Movement from tract into circulation or lymph

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Elimination - function

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Waste products removed from body

Defecation

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13
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Functions of digestive system

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Ingestion 
Mastication 
Propulsion 
Mixing 
Secretion 
Digestion 
Absorption 
Eliminator
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Mixing - function

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Wave of smooth muscle relaxation moves ahead of bolus

Wave of contraction of smooth muscle behind bolus

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15
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Nervous regulation of digestive system (local)

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Enteric nervous system

Coordinates peristalsis and regulates local reflexes

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Nervous regulation of digestive system (general)

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Coordination with CNS
May initiate reflexes because of sight, cell or taste of food
Primarily parasympathetic
Sympathetic inhibits (muscle contraction, secretion, blood flow to digestive tract)

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17
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Chemical regulation of digestive system

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Production of hormones (gastrin, secretin)

Production of paracrine chemicals like histamine

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18
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Saliva produced by

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Compound alveolar salivary glands

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19
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Saliva function

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Prevent bacteria infection
Lubrication
Break down starch (salivary amylase)
Help form bolus for swallowing

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Salivary production caused by

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Parasympathetic input

21
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Stomach openings

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Gastroesophageal - from esophagus

Pyloric - to duodenum

22
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Small intestine

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Site of greatest amount of digestion and absorption of nutrients and water

23
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Divisions of small intestine

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Duodenum - first 25cm
Jejunum - 2.5m
Ileum - 3.5m

24
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Major sites of nutrient absorption

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Duodenum and Jejunum

25
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Between Jejunum and Ileum there is a gradual decrease in

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Diameter
Thickness of intestinal walls
Number of circular folds
Number of vili

26
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Hepatic ducts

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Carry bile from liver lobes

Combine to form common hepatic duct

27
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Common hepatic duct

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Combines with cystic duct from gallbladder to form common bile duct

28
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Common bile duct

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combine with pancreatic duct to form hepatopancreatic ampulla

29
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Hepatopancreatic ampulla

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Empties bile and pancreatic secretions into duodenum at major duodenal papilla

30
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Accessory pancreatica duct

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Empties pancreatic secretions into duodenum at minor duodenal papilla

31
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Functions of the liver

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Bile production 
Storage 
Nutrient interconversion 
Detoxification 
Phagocytosis 
Synthesis
32
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Bile production - function of liver

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600 - 1000ml per day
Neutralises and dilutes stomach acid
Bile salts emulsify fats
Increase water and bicarbonate ion content of bile

33
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Storage - function of liver

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Glycogen, fat, vitamins, copper and iron

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Detoxification - function of liver

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Hepatocytes remove ammonia and convert to urea

35
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Synthesis - function of liver

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Albumins 
Fibrinogen 
Globulins 
Heparin 
Clotting factors
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Pancreas - endocrine

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Pancreatic islets

Produce insulin, glucose and somatostatin

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Pancreas - exocrine

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Grape-like clusters from lobules separated by septa

38
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Large intestine

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Chyme converted to faeces

90% volume of chyme is reabsorbed in large intestine

39
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Large intestine divisions

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Cecum 
Ascending colon 
Transverse colon 
Descending colon 
Sigmoid colon 
Rectum 
Anal canal
40
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Cecum

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Appendix attached

Part of large intestine

41
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Rectum

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Straight muscular tube

Thick muscular tunic

42
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Anal canal

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Internal anal sphincter - smooth muscle

External anal sphincter - skeletal muscle

43
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Digestion

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Breakdown of food molecules for absorption into circulation

44
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Mechanical digestion

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Breaks large food particles to small

45
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Chemical digestion

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Breaking of covalent bonds by digestive enzymes

46
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Absorption and transport

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Molecules moved out of digestive tract and into circulation for distribution throughout body

47
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Water and ions in small intestine

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Water - move in either direction depending on gradient

Ions - actively transported

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