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Digestive Systems (Part 1) Flashcards

1
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What kind of diet can heterotrophs have?

A
  • herbivores
  • carnivores
  • omnivores
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2
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Do sponges have a digestive system?

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no

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3
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How do sponges do digestion?

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intracellular digestion via endocytosis

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How do all non-sponges do digestion?

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extracellularly, in a digestive cavity

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5
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Do Cnidarians (and some flatworms) have a digestive system?

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incomplete digestive tract and gastrovascular cavity

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6
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What is a complete digestive tract?

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separate mouth and anus connected by a continuous digestive tube

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7
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What kind of digestive system do nematodes have?

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complete, tube within a tube

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8
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What kind of digestive system do vertebrates have?

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complete, beyond a simple tube

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9
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What locates food in vertebrate digestive systems?

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sensory organs

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10
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What makes up the oral cavity?

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mouth and pharynx

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11
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What is the function of the oral cavity?

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entry, mechanical and initial chemical digestion

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12
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Are teeth always present in an oral cavity?

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may or may not be present

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13
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What makes up the tubular gastrointestinal tract?

A
  • esophagus
  • stomach
  • small intestine
  • large intestine
  • cloaca or rectum
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14
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Function of esophagus?

A

delivers food to stomach

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15
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Function of stomach?

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mechanical, chemical, minor amount of absorption

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16
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Function of small intestine?

A

chemical digestion, absorption

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17
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Function of large intestine?

A

concentration of wastes

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18
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Function of cloaca or rectum?

A

waste storage

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19
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What is the function of teeth?

A

chewing/mastication

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20
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What does tooth shape match?

A

diet

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21
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Do birds have teeth?

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no

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22
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How do birds do mastication?

A

gizzard using ingested pebbles (break up seeds)

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23
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What do some birds do with prey?

A

consume prey whole

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24
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What is the function of the crop?

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storage, NO digestion

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25
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What is the esophagus?

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a muscular tube that connects mouth to stomach

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26
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How do esophagus know to move food down?

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presence of food bolus stimulates movement towards stomach, peristalsis

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27
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What does peristalsis mean?

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muscles move food down

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28
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Does digestion or absorption occur in the esophagus?

A

no

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29
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What is the esophagus lined with?

A

muscle tissue

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30
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What kind of muscle makes up the esophagus?

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1st part (1/3) is skeletal and 2/3 is smooth

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31
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Can food bolus be removed from skeletal muscle part of esophagus?

A

yes, we can control it

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32
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Can food bolus be removed from smooth muscles part of esophagus?

A

no, not unless vomit or forcibly removed

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33
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What prevents food from leaving the stomach and reentering the esophagus?

A

sphincter at esophageal-gastric

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34
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What kind of surface does the stomach have?

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convoluted, folds

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35
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How many chambers does the stomach have?

A

varies by species

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36
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Why is the stomach surface folded?

A

greater surface area for digestion; also so it can stretch and increase volume

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37
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What are gastric juices made of?

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2 kinds of secretory cells

38
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What are the 2 kinds of secretory cells?

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parietal and chief

39
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What do parietal cells secrete?

A

HCl and intrinsic factor

40
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What is the function of intrinsic factor?

A

vitamin B12 absorption

41
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What is the function of chief cells?

A

secrete pepsinogen

42
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What is pepsinogen?

A

inactive form of pepsin

43
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What is the stomach?

A

a mixing chamber

44
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What is not significantly digested in the stomach?

A

carbohydrates and fats

45
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What does the stomach produce?

46
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What is chime?

A

slurry of partially digested food

47
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How many sphincters does the stomach have?

48
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What pH does the stomach have?

49
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Why does the stomach have a low pH?

A

denature food proteins

50
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What sphincters does the stomach have?

A
  • esophageal

- pyloric

51
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What are the parts of the small intestine?

A
  • duodenum
  • jejunum
  • ileum
52
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What happens in the small intestine?

A

chemical digestion (final) and absorption

53
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What type of cells are in the small intestine?

A

mucosal cells

54
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what do mucosal cells have?

A

villi, microvilli

55
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What is the significance of mucosal cells having villi?

A

increase surface area

56
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What is the function of the duodenum?

A

final chemical digestion

57
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What is the function of the jejunum?

A

majority of absorption of nutrients

58
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What is the function of the ileum?

A

picks up what didn’t get absorbed

59
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What is the largest internal organ in humans?

60
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What does the liver produce?

61
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What are the types of bile?

A

bile products and bile salts

62
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What are bile pigments?

A

waste products

63
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What are bile salts for?

A

emulsification of fats

64
Q

What does the live receive?

A

products of digestion (the first to recieve)

65
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What does the liver detoxify?

A

metabolites

66
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What is the function of the gallbladder?

A

stores and concentrates bile

67
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When does the gallbladder secrete bile?

A

when food present in duodenum

68
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What is the gallbladder connected to?

A

liver by the bile duct

69
Q

Do all animals have a gallbladder?

70
Q

What animals do not have a gallbladder?

A
  • horses
  • deer
  • rats
  • some birds
  • lampreys
  • laminoids
  • all invertebrates
71
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What types of functions does the pancreas have?

A

both endocrine and exocrine

72
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What does endocrine involve?

73
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What does exocrine involve?

74
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What does the pancreas produce?

A

digestive enzymes

75
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What does the pancreas secrete?

A

bicarbonate

76
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What digestive enzymes does the pancreas produce?

A

trypsin, chymotrypsin, pancreatic amylase, and lipase

77
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What does lipase do?

A

break down lipids

78
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What does pancreatic amylase do?

A

digest carbohydrates

79
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What does trypsin do?

A

digests proteins

80
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Do all vertebrates have a pancreas?

81
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What is the pancreas connected to?

A

pancreatic duct to duodenum

82
Q

What are the parts of the large intestine or colon?

A

ascending (up), transverse (across), descending (down), sigmoid

83
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What is the function of the large intesine?

A

4% absorption of water, remaining electrolytes, and vitamin K; mainly concentration of waste

84
Q

Where are the cecum and appendix?

A

at junction of ileum-colon

85
Q

What are at the terminus of the digestive tract?

A

rectum and anus, (and cloaca in most)

86
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What is the function of the rectum?

A

waste storage until defecation

87
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What is the function of the anus?

A

exit point with inner voluntary sphincter and outer voluntary sphincter

88
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Do most mammals have a rectum?

89
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What mammals do not have a rectum?

A

monotreme: echidna and platypus

90
Q

Most ______ have what common cavity?

A

vertebrates; cloaca

91
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What is the function of the cloaca?

A

single opening for digestive, urinary, reproductive products

92
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Does digestion happen in the large intestine?

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