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Exam 6: Digestive System Flashcards

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What is the pouch-like extension of the visceral peritoneum that is shaped like an apron?

A

Greater Omentum

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What structure contains 3 layers of smooth muscles?

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Muscularis

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Where is the greater Omentum located?

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Greater curvature of the stomach to

the pelvis

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3
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What is another word for lips?

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Labia

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What is responsible for closing during swallowing to prevent food from entering the nasopharynx?

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Soft Palate

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What is the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans?

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Deciduous

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What are teeth that replaces a temporary tooth and lasts for most of the person’s life?

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Permanent

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What is another word for tooth decay?

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Dental caries

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What is the term for swallowing?

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Deglutition

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What term means difficult in swallowing?

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DysphaGIa

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What is a term that means difficult in speaking?

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DysphaSia

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What is also known as “lower esophageal sphincter” (LES) that prevents good from re-entering the esophagus from the stomach?

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Cardiac Sphincter

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What is a retrograde (backwards) flow of stomach acid into the esophagus?

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GERD

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What is semi-liquid mixture of gastric juices and food that leaves the stomach and enters the small intestines?

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Chyme

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14
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What cells produce mucus?

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Goblet cells

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What is the longest part of the digestive digestive tract and is 20ft long?

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Small intestine

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16
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Where does the duodenum begin?

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Pyloric sphincter

17
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What is the first part of the small intestine and where majority of chemical digestion occurs?

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Duodenum

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Where does the the ilium end?

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Iliocecal sphincter

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What are multiple permanent folds in the lining of small intestines?

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Plicae

20
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What of the lymphatic system are located in the villi?

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Lacteals

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What structure is responsible for absorption?

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Villi

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What are the functions of the large intestines?

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  1. Store any undigested material for elimination from the body.
  2. Absorb water
23
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What sphincter like structure that allows unabsorbed and undigested food materials into the colon?

A

Iliocecal valve

24
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What means worm like?

A

Vermiform

25
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What is between ascending and transverse colon (left)?

A

Hepatic flexure

26
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What is between transverse and the descending colon (right)?

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Splenic flexure

27
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What sphincter is made of involuntary muscle?

A

Internal sphincter

28
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What sphincter is made up of voluntary muscle past toddler age?

A

External sphincter

29
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Are red blood cells produced in the liver?

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No

30
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Where does decomposition or destruction of RBCs takes place?

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Liver

31
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Where is bile stored?

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Gall bladder

32
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Where is bile produced?

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Liver

33
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What emulsifies (break down) fat?

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Bile salts

34
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What hormone is responsible for contraction of the fall bladder for the purpose of releasing bile?

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Cholecystokinin

35
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Where are the bile duct and pancreatic duct joined?

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Ampulla of Vater

36
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What is the structure that is responsible for transporting bile to the duodenum and both liver and gallbladder?

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Common bile duct

37
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What is both an endocrine and exocrine gland?

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Pancreas

38
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What produces INACTIVE enzymes that digest fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleus acids?

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Exocrine portion of the pancreas

39
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What is a temporary stoppage of intestinal peristalsis that may be accompanied by severe pain, abdominal digestion, vomiting or absence of stool?

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Ileus

40
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What are the 10 steps of the flow of digestion?

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  1. Mouth
  2. Lower esophageal sphincter
  3. Duodenum
  4. Jejunum
  5. Ileum
  6. Ileocecal valve
  7. Cecum
  8. Hepatic flexure
  9. Descending colon
  10. Rectum

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