Digestive System

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What is the primary function of the digestive system?

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Question 3

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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Question 5

What are the accessory digestive organs?

Role?

Examples?

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Question 6

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

Question 8

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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Question 10

Define: Segmentation

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Question 11

What is the difference between peristalsis and segmentation?

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Question 12

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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Question 17

What is the submucosa?

What is the anatomy of it?

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Question 18

What is the Muscularis Externa?

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

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Question 19

Define: Enteric Nervous System

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Question 20

Define: Serosa

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Question 23

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

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Question 24

What is the role of the Myenteric Nerve Plexus?

What is the role of the Submucosal Nerve Plexus?

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Question 25

What are the properties of the **oral cavity**?

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Question 28

Define the **mouth**? What is the anatomy?

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Question 29

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

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Question 31

Define: **Lingual Frenulum**

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Question 32

Define: **Tongue Tie**

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Question 34

What are **salivary glands**? What are the properties?

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Question 35

What are the **primary salivary glands**?

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Parotid Gland/duct Submandibular gland/duct Sublingual gland/duct

Question 36

Define: **Parotid Gland**

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Question 37

Define: **Mumps**

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Question 38

Define: **Submandibular Gland**

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Question 39

Define: **Sublingual Gland**

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Question 41

What are the three main categories of teeth?

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Question 42

What are the different types of **permanent teeth?**

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Question 43

What are the regions of a tooth?

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Question 44

What is the anatomy of a tooth?

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Question 46

What is a cavity?

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Question 47

What is the procedure of a root canal?

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Question 48

Anatomy of **pharynx**

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Question 49

Anatomy of **esophagus**

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Question 50

What is the difference between **hiatal hernia** and **Barnett's esophagus**?

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Question 52

Microscopic Anatomy of **Esophagus**

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Question 53

What are the functions of the **stomach**?

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Question 54

What are **rugae**? Anatomy? Function? Location?

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Question 55

# Define: **Sphincter** Anatomy Structure Function Location

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Question 56

Define: **Muscularis Externa**

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Question 59

The mucosa is lined with \_\_\_\_\_. What does it secrete?

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Simple columnar epithelium?

Question 60

Define: **Mucous Neck Cells**

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Question 61

Define: **Gastric Pits**

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Question 62

Define: **Gastric Gland**

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Question 65

Define: **Parietal Cells**

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Question 66

Define: **Chief Cells**

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Question 67

What is the role of **pepsin**? What are the steps of pepsinogen -\> pepsin?

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Question 68

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

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Question 71

Define: **small intestine**

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Question 72

What are the segments of the **small intestine**? What are their roles?

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Question 73

What are the **wall layers** of the small intestine?

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Question 75

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

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