Digestive Vocab Flashcards
Oral cavity, teeth, tongue
Mechanical processing, moistening, mixing with salivary secretions
Pharynx
Muscular propulsion of materials into the esophagus
Esophagus
Transport of materials to the stomach
Stomach
Chemical breakdown of materials by acid and enzymes; mechanical processing through muscular contractions
Small intestine
Enzymatic digestion and absorption of water, organic substrates, vitamins, and ions
Large intestine
Enzymatic digestion and absorption of water, organic substrates, vitamins, and ions
Salivary glands
Secretion if lubricating fluid containing enzymes that break down carbohydrates
Liver
Secretion of bile, storage of nutrients, many other vital functions
Gallbladder
Storage and concentration of bike
Pancreas
Exocrine cells secrete buffers and digestive enzymes; endocrine cells secrete hormones
Mastication
Chewing
Amylase
Digestive enzyme for starches
Esophagus
Long muscular tube connecting larynx to stomach
Rugae
Large folds that allow stomach to stretch
hydrochloric acid
Denatures enzymes in good, breaks down tissues, kills microbes
Pepsinogen
Activated to pepsin by low pH, digests proteins
Duodenum
Few plicae, receives chyme from stomach, mixes with contributions from pancreas and liver
Jejunum
Large plicae, performs most absorption
Lleum
Thin-walled, contains abundant lymphoid nodules
Pancreas
Elongate, retroperitoneal, posterior to stomach
Gallbladder
Pear-shaped pouch, on posteroinferior surface of R lobe of liver
Gallstones
Treated through removal of gallbladder
