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Digestive System Flashcards

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What is the primary function of the digestive system?

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What are the two main subcategories of the digestive system?

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Alimentary Canal

Accessory Digestive Organs

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What is the Alimentary Canal?

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What are the accessory digestive organs?

Role?

Examples?

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Define: ingestion

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Put food in the mouth

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Define: propulsion

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Movement of food through the canal

Swallowing is voluntary

Peristalsis is involuntary

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Define: Mechanical Digestion

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Physical breakdown of food particles

Chewing, churning, segmentation

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Define: Peristalsis

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Define: Segmentation

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What is the difference between peristalsis and segmentation?

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Define: Chemical Digestions

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Enzymes and chemicals break down food

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Define: Absorption

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Biomolecules are transported from the canal to the blood and lymph capillaries

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What are the layers of the alimentary canal?

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What are the three sublayers of the mucosa?

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What is the submucosa?

What is the anatomy of it?

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What is the Muscularis Externa?

What is the anatomy of it? (how many layers?)

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Define: Enteric Nervous System

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Define: Serosa

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What is the nerve plexus associated with the enteric nervous system? (2 of them)

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What is the role of the Myenteric Nerve Plexus?

What is the role of the Submucosal Nerve Plexus?

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What are the properties of the oral cavity?

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Define the mouth? What is the anatomy?

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What is the anatomy of the tongue? What are its properties?

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31
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Define: Lingual Frenulum

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32
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Define: Tongue Tie

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34
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What are salivary glands? What are the properties?

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35
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What are the primary salivary glands?

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Parotid Gland/duct

Submandibular gland/duct

Sublingual gland/duct

36
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Define: Parotid Gland

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37
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Define: Mumps

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38
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Define: Submandibular Gland

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39
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Define: Sublingual Gland

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41
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What are the three main categories of teeth?

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42
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What are the different types of permanent teeth?

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43
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What are the regions of a tooth?

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44
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What is the anatomy of a tooth?

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46
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What is a cavity?

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47
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What is the procedure of a root canal?

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48
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Anatomy of pharynx

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49
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Anatomy of esophagus

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50
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What is the difference between hiatal hernia and Barnett’s esophagus?

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52
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Microscopic Anatomy of Esophagus

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53
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What are the functions of the stomach?

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54
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What are rugae?

Anatomy?

Function?

Location?

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55
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Define: Sphincter

Anatomy

Structure

Function

Location

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56
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Define: Muscularis Externa

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59
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The mucosa is lined with _____.

What does it secrete?

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Simple columnar epithelium?

60
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Define: Mucous Neck Cells

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61
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Define: Gastric Pits

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62
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Define: Gastric Gland

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65
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Define: Parietal Cells

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66
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Define: Chief Cells

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67
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What is the role of pepsin?

What are the steps of pepsinogen -> pepsin?

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68
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What are the specialized cells in the gastric glands? (2 of them)

What are their roles?

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71
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Define: small intestine

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72
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What are the segments of the small intestine?

What are their roles?

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73
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What are the wall layers of the small intestine?

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75
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What are the large surface area components of the small intestine?

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