Digestive system vocab

Question 1

absorption

Answer 1

passage of digestive end products from the GI tract into the blood or lymph

Question 2

chyme

Answer 2

semifluid mixture of food and gastric juice

Question 3

defecation

Answer 3

expulsion of wastes through the anus

Question 4

deglutition

Answer 4

process of swallowing

Question 5

fauces

Answer 5

opening of the oral cavity into the oropharynx

Question 6

gastric juice

Answer 6

the secretions of the of the exocrine glands in the stomach

Question 7

gastrin

Answer 7

hormone secreted by the endocrine glands in the stomach

Question 8

gingiva

Answer 8

gums

Question 9

hydrolysis

Answer 9

chemical breakdown of complex molecules by the addition of water

Question 10

lleocecal valve

Answer 10

valve between the small intestine and the large intestine

Question 11

lower esophageal sphincter

Answer 11

valve between the esophagus and the stomach

Question 12

mastication

Answer 12

chewing

Question 13

mesentery

Answer 13

extensions of the peritoneum that are associated with the large intestine

Question 14

palate

Answer 14

roof of the mouth

Question 15

peristalsis

Answer 15

rhythmic contractions of the intestine that moves food along the digestive tract

Question 16

pilcae circulares

Answer 16

circular folds in the mucosa and submucosa of the small intestine

Question 17

pyloric sphinchter

Answer 17

valve between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine

Question 18

rugae

Answer 18

longitudinal folds in the mucosa of the stomach

Question 19

teniae coli

Answer 19

bands of longitudinal muscle fibers in the large intestine