Digestive System Test Flashcards
Describe the alimentary canal.
Continuous, coiled, hollow muscular tube that winds through the central body cavity and is open to the external environment on both ends, it digests food, absorbs fragments into blood, and defecates
What are the two main groups of digestive organs?
Alimentary canal and Accessory Organs
What are the organs of the alimentary canal?
Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small/large intestines
What are the accessory organs?
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
The site of food entry, a muscles membrane lined cavity, and oral cavity
Mouth
Protect its anterior opening
Lips
Forms the lateral walls
Cheeks
The bony area on the roof of the mouth
Hard palate
The soft part of the roof of the mouth
Soft palate
Helps control speech, mix food w/ saliva, forms food into a bolus, and initiated swallowing
Tongue
A compact mass of food
Bolus
Secures the tongue to the bottom of the mouth, limits posterior movements
Lingual Frenulum
Passageway food, fluids, and air; muscles in the wall move and propel food to the esophagus
Pharynx
The muscular tube, 10 inches long from the pharynx to the stomach, collapsed when not involved with food propulsion
Esophagus
What are the 4 basic tissue layers?
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa
The membrane that lines the lumen from the mouth to the anus
Mucosa layer
Ct located beneath mucosa contains blood vessels, nerve endings, lymph nodules, and vessels
Submucosa
Muscular layer that propels food
Muscularis
Protective outermost layer
Serosa
The site for physical breakdown of food and chemical breakdown of proteins
Stomach
A creamy semi-fluid
Chyme
What much does the stomach hold?
4 liters (1 gallon)
When the stomach is empty it is..
Collapsed
What are the folds inside the stomach called?
Rugae
What do the gastric glands in the lining of the stomach produce?
Mucus, hydrochloric acid, enzymes, and hormones
What is the ph range of the stomach?
1.5-3.5
What are gastric ulcers?
Erosions of the stomach wall
Major digestive organ, all nutrient absorption occurs here, convoluted, 8-20ft
Small intestine
What are the 3 subdivisions of the small intestine?
Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
The beginning of the small intestine
Duodenum
The middle of the small intestine
Jejunum
The end of the small intestine
Ileum
Dries out indigestible food residue by absorbing water and eliminating these residues as feces
Large intestine
What are the 7 subdivisions of the large intestine?
Cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, rectum, anal canal
The 1st pocket of the large intestine
Cecum
Moves up the right side
Ascending Colon
Moved across to the left side
Transverse Colon
Moves down the left side
Descending Colon