Digestive Word Play Flashcards

1
Q

Produces bile, produces plasma proteins, detoxifies body and stored nutrients

A

Liver

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2
Q

Secretes hydrochloric and acid pepsinogen to begin the chemical break down of food

A

Stomach

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3
Q

Connects the throat to the stomach

A

Esophagus

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4
Q

The third part of the small intestine

A

Ileum

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5
Q

The last portion of the large intestine , stores stool until defecation

A

Rectum

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6
Q

Prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing

A

Epiglottis

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7
Q

Second part of the small intestine

A

Jejunum

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8
Q

First part of the small intestine

A

Duodenum

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9
Q

The chemical and mechanical breakdown of food

A

Digestion

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10
Q

Location where majority of digestion and absorption occurs

A

Small intestine

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11
Q

The throath

A

Pharynx

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12
Q

Stores bile

A

Gallbladder

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13
Q

Muscle movements that propel food forward through the digestive track

A

Peristalsis

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14
Q

First part of the large intestine

A

Cecum

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15
Q

Disease where stomach contents wash back up into the esophagus

A

Gerd

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16
Q

Inflammation of the stomach and intestine s

A

Gastroenteritis

17
Q

Varicose veins in the rectum

A

Hemorrhoids

18
Q

Formation of gallstones in the gallbladder

A

Cholelithiasis