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Digestive System Flashcards

1
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What is the digestive system?

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The digestive system is made up of the GI tract and accessory organ. It extends from the mouth to the anus

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The Hollow organs that make up the GI tract are?

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Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus

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Accessory organ?

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Salivary glands: parotid, sublingual and submandibular glands
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas

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4
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Where does digestion begin?

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Mouth

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5
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When does the salivary glands activate ?

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With sight and smell of food

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What is a bolus?

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Food ingested and masticated

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Salivary amylase start what process?

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Carbohydrate digestion

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Lingual lipase start?

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Lipid digestion

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The 3 parts of the pharynx and their functions

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Nasopharynx: posterior to nasal cavity transmit air only
Oropharynx: posterior to oral cavity transmits air, food and fluid
Laryngopharynx: posterior to larynx (voice box) transmits air, food and fluid

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Location of esophagus

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Located in the mediastinum, anterior to the spine and posterior to the trachea and heart

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The esophagus

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Extends from pharynx to the stomach

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The lower esophageal sphincter (LES)

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A muscular ring that closes off the esophagus from the stomach to prevent backflow of food

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Epiglottis

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A small flap that folds over the windpipe as you swallow to prevent choking

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Peristalsis

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A series of muscular contractions within the esophagus that delivers food to the stomach

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The stomach

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J shaped muscular organ found in the upper left quadrant of abdomen. Stores food during eating, secretes digestive fluids, and propels chyme into the small intestine

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Stomach functions

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To moisten bolus coming from the esophagus producing chyme

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17
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Gastric secretions include:

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Mucus, HCl, intrinsic factor, and gastric lipase

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Mucus

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Protect stomach lining from digestion

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HCl

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Decrease stomach ph
Activates pepsinogen to pepsin for protein digestion
Deactivate salivary amylase stopping CHO digestion

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20
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Intrinsic factor

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Essential for vitamin B12 absorption

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21
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Gastric lipase

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Small amount of lipids digestion

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22
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Gastroesophageal junction

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The inlet to the stomach

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23
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4 anatomical region of the stomach

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The cardia (entrance)
Fundus
Body
Pylorus (outlet)

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Pyloric sphincter

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Circular smooth muscle in the wall of the pylorus that controls the opening between the stomach and the small intestine

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The small intestine

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6 meters. Longest segment of the GI tract, accounting for about 2/3 of the total length.

26
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3 parts of the small intestine

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Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

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Absorption

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The process by which nutrients enter the bloodstream through the intestinal walls

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Ileocecal valve

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Controls the flow of digested material from the ileum into the cecal. Prevent reflux of bacteria into the small intestine

29
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Common bile duct

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Allows the passage of both bile and pancreatic secretions into the duodenum

30
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Appendix

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Wormlike sac attached to the cecum

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Pancreas

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Both exocrine and endocrine organ

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Pancreatic secretions

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Proteolytic enzymes 
Pancreatic amylase 
Pancreatic lipase 
Bicarbonate ion
Deoxyribonuclease
33
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Bicarbonate ions

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Neutralize the acidic chyme passing from the stomach and increase ph for the pancreatic enzymes to work

34
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Liver

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Largest digestive organ

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Liver functions

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Produces and secretes bile

36
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How does bile leave the liver?

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Via right and left hepatic ducts which unite to form the common hepatic duct

37
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Where does bile get stored and concentrated?

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Gallbladder

38
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Bile can go directly into the duodenum via

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Common bile duct

39
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Gallbladder

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Sacklike pouch located on the inferior surface of the liver

40
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Large intestine is composed of:

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Cecum, colon, rectum and anal canal

41
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How does chyme get converted into feces?

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Due to water and salt absorption

42
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Parts of the colon

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Ascending
transverse
descending
sigmoid (s shaped)

43
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What regulates the anal outlet?

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A network of striated muscle that forms both the internal and external anal sphincter

44
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Sympathetic nerves

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Exert an inhibitory effect on the GI tract, decreasing gastric secretions and motility and causing the sphincter and blood vessels to constrict

45
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Parasympathetic nerve

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Causes peristalsis and increases secretory activities

46
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2 major flexures of the rectum

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Sacral and anorectal flexure

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Sacral flexure

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Follows the sacrum and coccyx curve

48
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Anorectal flexure

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Formed the tone of the puborectalis muscle. Contributes to fecal continence

49
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Types of anal lesions

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Fistula
anal fissure (ulcer)
internal and external hemorrhoids
50
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Digestion

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The breakdown of large food particles into their component parts producing molecules small enough to be absorbed

51
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How is digestion achieved?

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Mechanical and chemical digestion

52
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Mechanical digestion

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Large particles broke down into smaller particles via mastication and mixing of food

53
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Chemical digestion

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Chemical enzymes act on the smaller molecules rendering them readily absorbable

54
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Exocrine function of the pancreas

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The release of pancreatic juice

55
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The oral cavity boundaries:

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Lips anteriorly 
Fauces 
Cheeks laterally 
Palate
Muscles of tongue
56
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Carbohydrates are broken down into

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Monosaccharides

57
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Proteins are broken down into

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Amino acids

58
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Fats (lipid) broken down into

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Fatty acid and glycerol

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