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Digestive System (Lecture) Flashcards

1
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Primary function of the digestive system:

A

break down food mechanically and by the use of enzymes so that it can be used by the body for energy and cell growth and repair

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2
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Catabolism of organic molecules:

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polymer to monomer

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3
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Alimentary Canal:

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mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus

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4
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Accessory organs:

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tongue, teeth, salivary glands, liver, pancreas, gall bladder

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5
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Accessory organs have to be stimulated by:

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nerve impulses or hormones

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6
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Digestive system processes/functions:

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ingestion, mechanical digestion and chemical digestion, propulsion/movement, absorption, elimination

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7
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Term for the physical breakdown of food:

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mechanical digestion (chewing, grinding, etc.)

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8
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Term for the use of enzymes to break down food:

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chemical digestion

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9
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What process increases the surface area of food?

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mechanical digestion

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10
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During chemical digestion, what breaks down the food into monomers?

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enzymes

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11
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Three main types of digestive enzymes:

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amylase, protease, lipase

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12
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What enzyme breaks starch down into glucose?

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amylase

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13
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What enzyme breaks protein down into amino acids?

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protease

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14
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What enzyme breaks fats down into fatty acids and glycerol?

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lipase

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15
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Basic monomers of carbohydrates/polysaccharides:

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glucose, fructose, galactose

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16
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One of the most common lipids in our diet:

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triglycerides

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17
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Four layers of the Alimentary canal (begin with layer closest to the lumen):

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mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa

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18
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Layer of the alimentary canal that contains nerves and glands:

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submucosa

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19
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Layer of the alimentary canal that has at least two layers of smooth muscle:

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muscularis

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20
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Smooth muscle layers of the muscularis:

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longitudinal muscle and circular muscle layer

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21
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Where is the myenteric nerve plexus located that controls the contraction and movement process?

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smooth muscle of the alimentary canal

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22
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Movement/contractile process that is carried out to get food through the alimentary canal:

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peristalsis

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23
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Network of connective tissues and epithelial tissues of the alimentary canal:

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serosa

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24
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Specialized serous membrane that holds the organs in place:

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peritoneum

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25
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Peritoneal membrane coming from the lower part of the stomach to the pelvic cavity:

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greater omentum (contains a lot of fat for insulation)

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26
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Part of the peritoneum attached to the small intestine:

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mesentery

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27
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Part of the peritoneum attached to the large intestine:

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mesocolon

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28
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Saliva is secreted by what three major pairs of salivary glands?

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parotid (by ear), sublingual (under tongue), submandibular (under the jaw)

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29
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Fluid formed by the three major salivary glands:

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saliva

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30
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Functions of saliva:

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lubrication, solvent, antibacterial property from lysozyme, digestion of complex carbs, neutralization of acid (contains bicarbonate)

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31
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Saliva contains:

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enzymes

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32
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Two enzymes found in saliva:

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amylase, lipase

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33
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What enzyme begins the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates?

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amylase

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34
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____ are large polymers of carbohydrates.

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starches

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35
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What enzyme works to break down lipids?

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lipase

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36
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A triglyceride contains:

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glycerol compound and three fatty acids

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37
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Primary lipid in the body:

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triglyceride

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38
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Teeth and tongue are in charge of what kind of digestion?

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mechanical digestion

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39
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deglutition means:

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swallowing

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40
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Three steps of deglutition:

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voluntary phase (occurs when food is in the mouth), pharyngeal phase (involuntary), esophageal phase

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41
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Deglutition center in the brain controls:

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constriction muscles for the pharyngeal phase of deglutition to prevent choking

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42
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Serves as a passageway for air and food and where peristalsis begins:

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pharynx

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43
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Sphincter where esophagus is connected to the stomach and closes off the entrance to the stomach to prevent HCl from splashes up to the lower part of the esophagus:

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lower esophageal sphincter

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44
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Condition where lower esophageal sphincter remains open:

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GERD

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45
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Highest section of the stomach:

A

fundus

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46
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Narrowed area of the stomach that approaches the small intestine:

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antrum

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47
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The antrum attaches to the small intestine at the ____.

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pyloric canal

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48
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Sphincter between stomach and small intestine (duodenum):

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pyloric sphincter

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49
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Term for food in the area of the duodenum characterized as a semi-solid, soapy mixture:

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chyme

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50
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The secretions from the stomach come from which layer?

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mucosa

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51
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The mucosa contains ____glands:

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gastric

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52
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What are the cells that form the gastric glands?

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surface mucous cell (secrete thick mucous), parietal cells, chief cells, G cells

53
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What kind of cell produces a thick mucous that protects the lining of the stomach from acid?

A

surface mucous cell

54
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What cells are important for digestion and produce HCl and intrinsic factor?

A

parietal cell

55
Q

What chemical is needed for protein digestion?

56
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What chemical is important for B12 absorption?

A

intrinsic factor

57
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What cell secretes the two enzymes pepsinogen and gastric lipase?

A

chief cells

58
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What are the enzyme producing cells?

A

chief cells

59
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What cell secretes the hormone gastrin?

60
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B12 is necessary for ____ synthesis.

61
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The lining of the stomach is a _____ membrane.

62
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What chemical produced by the stomach helps kill bacteria and denatures protein?

63
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What is the inactive form of pepsin?

A

pepsinogen

64
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What stimulates acid secretion by the stomach?

65
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The parietal cell has receptors for ___, ____, ____, which stimulate the production of HCl:

A

acetylcholine, histamine, gastrin

66
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Three phases of regulation of stomach secretion:

A

cephalic phase, gastric phase, gastrointestinal phase

67
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cephalic phase is:

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stimulatory (initiated by sight, smell, taste, or thought of food)

68
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gastric phase is:

A

stimulatory

69
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gastrointestinal phase is:

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inhibitory

70
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Which phase of stomach secretion “gets the stomach ready” by activation of the parasympathetic nervous system which activates the vagus nerve?

A

cephalic phase

71
Q

Which phase activates the production of pepsin, HCl, histamine, gastrin?

A

cephalic phase

72
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Once food enters the stomach, what phase of stomach regulation is it in?

A

gastric phase

73
Q

During the gastric phase the G cells produce more:

A

gastrin…and all other cells enhance/increase production and secretion as well as churning

74
Q

Eventually the ____ opens up and the food enters the first part of the small intestine.

A

pyloric sphincter

75
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The first part of the small intestine is called the ____.

76
Q

Once food leaves the stomach, what phase is it in?

A

gastrointestinal phase

77
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Which phase inhibits stomach activity?

A

gastrointestinal phase

78
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The intestinal phase relies on an _____ response to inhibit stomach activity.

79
Q

What kind of cell in the intestinal phase secretes CCK, GIP, Secretin?

A

enterogastric cell

80
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CCK shuts off:

A

stomach secretions

81
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Secretin shuts off:

A

peristalsis

82
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GIP shuts off:

A

secretions and contraction within the stomach

83
Q

What three accessory organs does the small intestine rely on?

A

pancreas, liver, gallbladder

84
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The accessory organs are attached to the alimentary canal by ____.

85
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The liver, pancreas, and gallbladder are stimulated by _____ signaled from the duodenum.

86
Q

The common bile duct and the pancreatic duct form the:

A

hepatopancreatic ampulla/duct

87
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Secretions from the liver and the pancreas enter the duodenum by way of the:

A

hepatopancreatic ampulla

88
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Endocrine function of the pancreas produces:

A

insulin, glucagon

89
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Enzymes produced by the pancreas break down:

A

proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids

90
Q

Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down proteins:

91
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Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates:

92
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Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down nucleic acids:

93
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Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down dietary fat:

94
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Two hormones involved in the intestinal phase and have an effect on the pancreas:

A

CCK and secretin

95
Q

What hormone triggers the pancreas to release its digestive enzymes?

A

CCK (Cholecystokinin) : triggers amylase, lipase, nuclease, protease

96
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What hormone triggers the pancreas to release bicarbonate ions?

97
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The fluid released by the pancreas contains:

A

H2O, bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes

98
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The bicarbonate released by the pancreas helps neutralize the:

99
Q

What neutralizes the acidic chyme entering the duodenum:

A

bicarbonate ions from the pancreas

100
Q

Secretin triggers the liver to produce:

A

bile (alkaline pH to further neutralize the acids entering the small intestine from the stomach)

101
Q

CCK gets its name from its action in the:

A

gallbladder

102
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Functions of bile:

A

dilutes contents from the stomach, creates optimum pH for pancreatic enzymes, contains bile salts which emulsify fats

103
Q

What product from the gallbladder helps emulsify the fats?

A

bile salts

104
Q

What process increases the surfaces are of fat which makes chemical digestion and absorption easier in the small intestine?

A

emulsification

105
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Fats are digested in what two stages:

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emulsification and then the digestive enzyme lipase

106
Q

What hormone shuts down the digestive process?

A

somatostatin

107
Q

Three sections to the small intestine:

A

duodenum, jejunum, ileum

108
Q

What is the terminal section of the small intestine?

A

ileum (attaches to the large intestine)

109
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Function of the small intestine:

A

chemical digestion (major organ of digestion and absorption) and absorption so the nutrients of the food enters the bloodstream

110
Q

The small intestine has a surface area of:

111
Q

What extends from the mucosa of the small intestine and increase the surface area of the small intestine?

112
Q

What kind of cells make up the villi?

A

absorptive cells

113
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absorptive cells on the villi increase surface area with:

A

microvilli (increase the surface area of each villus)

114
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Name the structural components that increase the surface area of small intestine:

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circular folds, villi, microvilli

115
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Functional unit of the small intestine:

116
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The core of the villus has a specialized set of:

A

blood capillaries and lacteals (lymphatic capillaries)

117
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First place food is metabolized after it is absorbed by the blood capillaries and lacteals:

118
Q

Most liver functions take place post absorption and is called:

A

first pass effect

119
Q

Transformation of one organic compound into something else (detoxification process):

A

biotransformation

120
Q

Biotransformation is performed by the:

121
Q

All fat soluble vitamins are stored in the:

122
Q

The liver stores:

A

fat soluble vitamins, glycogen, lipids

123
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The liver synthesizes:

A

albumin, growth factors, urea

124
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Liver functions:

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breaks down RBCs, protein metabolism, synthesis of plasma proteins, enzyme synthesis, conversion of ammonia to urea, carbohydrate metabolism (storage of glucose), fat metabolism, detoxification

125
Q

The ileum attaches to the ____ of the large intestine.

126
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Sections of the large intestine:

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cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus

127
Q

Term for the “pockets” in the colon:

128
Q

Primary component absorbed by the large intestine:

A

water and some medications given by suppository

129
Q

The bacteria in the large intestine produce:

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