Digestive System (Ch 18) Flashcards

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1
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another term for digestive system

A

alimentary canal

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2
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why is it called a canal

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has lumen (space inside)

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3
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4 steps of food processing

A

Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Elimination / Egestion

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4
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what is ingestion

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process of taking in food

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5
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what is digestion

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process of breaking down food

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6
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2 types of digestion

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mechanical and chemical

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7
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chemical digestion

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involves enzymes that are specific to certain molecules + break them into smaller pieces (enzymatic hydrolysis)

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8
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mechanical digestion

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Physical grinding up of molecules into smaller pieces

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9
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amylase is responsible for ___ of __

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hydrolysis of starch

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10
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lipase is responsible for __ of __

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hydrolysis of lipids and fats

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11
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Absorption

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Movement of food from digestive to circulatory

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12
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how is absorption done and where

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diffusion, small intestine

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13
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water absorption occurs in

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large intestine

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14
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water absorption occurs in

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large intestine

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15
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Elimination

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final step of food processing

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16
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where does undigested material go

A

from the large intestine into the outside environment via anus

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17
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the __ causes the tube like appearance

A

alimentary canal

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18
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3 types of salivary glands

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sublingual, parotid, submandibular (submaxillary)

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19
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mechanical digestion in the mouth occurs in form

A

chewing

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20
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3 steps food takes

A

mouth, pharynx, esophagus

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21
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where does chemical digestion also occur

A

mouth

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22
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what does salivary gland produce

A

saliva

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23
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how does saliva enter mouth

A

through ducts

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24
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what does Salivary amylase
break down

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Breaks down starch into a compound called maltose

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25
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what is starch broken down by

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salivary amylase to form maltose

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26
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what is maltose composed of

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2 glucose molecules (disaccharide)

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27
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Pharynx

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chamber common to both respiratory + digestive systems

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28
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Epiglottis

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small piece of cartilage that prevents food from passing into trachea

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29
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what happens to larynx when swallowing

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the larynx is first pulled upward, causing epiglottis to cover the entrance to the respiratory

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30
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what is bolus

A

food in a ball form

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31
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muscular contractions in which food is moved down stomach

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peristalsis

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32
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what is esophagus

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muscular tube that passes food from mouth to stomach

33
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Cardiac orifice (opening)

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entrance to stomach

34
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mouth function

A

Moistens food w/ saliva from salivary glands
begins breakdown of starch

35
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does trachea open or close when breathing

A

open

36
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function of stomach

A
  1. Stores material
  2. Produces digestive enzymes + gastric juice (HCL + Enzymes)
  3. where protein digestion occur
37
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HCL function

A

lowers stomach pH

38
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low pH actives __

A

pepsinogen into pepsin

39
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rugae (folds)

A

internal stomach

40
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Pepsinogen

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inactive form of pepsin + secreted by chief cells

41
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pepsin

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breaks peptide bonds of protein chains (to become a.a.) then moved to small intestine for absorption

42
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Chyme

A

contents from stomach mixed w/ gastric juices

43
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how does chyme move from stomach to SI

A

through pyloric sphincter

44
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Pyloric sphincter

A

band of smooth muscle that regulates food passage from stomach into small intestine

45
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summary of secretion of pepsin in stomach

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1.Pepsinogen + HCL are secreted into stomach
2.HCL converts pepsinogen to pepsin
3. Pepsin activates more pepsinogen into pepsin to start a chain reaction

46
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where is chemical digestion completes

A

SI

47
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what happens in Duodenum

A

absorption takes place

48
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what is and what happens in jejunum and Ileum

A

Organs that aid inc chemical digestion

Secretions are drained into duodenum via specific ducts

49
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where is villi and microvilli

A

duodenum

50
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Absorption

A

process where nutrients are diffused into bloodstream through villi -> capillaries -> cell memb

51
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project off the villi

A

microvilli

52
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Villi

A

small, finger- like projections away from wall of s.i
Supplied w/ capillaries (blood vessels)

53
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3 accessory organs of stomach

A

liver, pancreas, gallbladder

54
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liver function

A

1.Detoxification (alcohol)
2.Storage of glucose (in form of glycogen)
3. Produces bile
3. Break down big fat droplets into smaller pieces = emulsification

55
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what is Pancreatic amylase (maltase) function

A

Breaks down disaccharide into monosaccharides (maltose into glucose)

Responsible for starch digestion

56
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what does pancreas secret

A

pancreatic lipase

57
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what is pancreatic lipase

A

Enzyme responsible for breaking down fats into glycerol + fatty acids after emulsified

58
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what does pancreas produce

A

Produce many digestive enzymes (Pancreatic trypsin + chymotrypsin)

produce hormones (insulin and glucagon)

59
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gallbladder function

A

Stores bile
Bile from gallbladder released into small intestine
Gallstones (cholecystitis)

60
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what does parietal cells secrete

A

HCL

61
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what does mucus cells secrete

A

mucus which protects cells lining

62
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jejunum + Ileum function

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Also responsible for absorption of nutrients
Reabsorb some water back into body

63
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where is cecum and appendix in

A

jejunum and ileum

64
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Cecum

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small sac in T shaped intersection where material movies from small intes to large

65
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Appendix

A

edge of cecum that is a finger like projection

66
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long intestine function

A

Storage + elimination of solid wastes
Secretion of mucus (goblet cell) to allow passage of solids

67
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large intestine is also decomposition of

A

organic material w/ help of bacteria (e coli)
- Bacteria feed on waste + indigestible materials (cellulose)

68
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what does large intestine produce

A

vitamins (k and biotin)

69
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what does rectum do

A

stores and eliminate waste

70
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3 parts of long intestine

A

Ascending (going up)
Transverse (across)
Descending (going down)

71
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bile function

A

breaks down fats to smaller particles

72
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what is enzymes

A

catalyst and is almost always a protein.
It speeds up the rate of a specific chemical reaction in the cell.
The enzyme is not destroyed during the reaction and is used over and over

73
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enzymes are exported from pancreas via

A

pancreatic duct into SI

74
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tryptsin

A

digestion of proteins

75
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2 ways of mechanical digestion

A

chewing and churning in stomach

76
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3 ways of chemical digestion

A
  1. saliva in mouth (salivary amylase)
  2. acid and pepsin in stomach (HCL)
    3.enzymes in SI (p. amylase, lipase, trypsin)
77
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cardiac sphincter regulates

A

how much will get into stomach

78
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5 pathways of food

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  1. mouth
    - salivary glands
  2. pharynx
  3. esophagus
  4. stomach
  5. liver
  6. pancreas
    7.gallbladder
  7. small and large instestive
  8. anus