Digestive System Ch.11 Flashcards

1
Q

Tube connecting the pharynx to the stomach.

A

Esophagus

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2
Q

This digestive organ lies just posterior to the liver.

A

Stomach

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3
Q

A sheet of connective tissue which attaches to and anchors the inside convex curve of the stomach.

A

Lesser Omentum

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4
Q

A sheet of connective tissue which attaches to and anchors the outside concave curve of the stomach.

A

Greater Omentum

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5
Q

A donut like smooth muscle found at the posterior end of the stomach

Separates the stomach from the duodenum

A

Pyloric Sphincter Muscle

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6
Q

This structure is a sac containing green bile, located underneath and attached to the middle lobe of the liver.

A

Gall Bladder

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7
Q

The duct which transports bile to the duodenum

A

Common Bile Duct

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8
Q

This is the largest gland in the body, located between the stomach and diaphragm

A

Liver

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9
Q

This organ is a long, flat, finger-like projection to the right of the stomach.

Functions to store blood

A

Spleen

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10
Q

An organ which has a right and left lobe, and produces digestive enzymes.

A

Pancreas

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11
Q

The anterior portion of the small intestine, just posterior to the stomach.

A

Duodenum

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12
Q

The portion of the digestive system between the stomach and the large intestine.

A

Small Intestine

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13
Q

This is the sheet of connective tissue attached to the intestines

A

Mesentery

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14
Q

This structure is a finger-like projection of the large intestine at the junction of the large and small intestines

A

Cecum

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15
Q

The intestines posterior to the cecum. It is larger in diameter than the small intestines

A

Large Intestines

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16
Q

The most posterior portion of the large intestines that descends along and ventral to the vertebral column

A

Colon

17
Q

The muscular region at the base of the descending colon just anteriorly to the anus

A

Rectum