Exercise 38 — Digestive System Flashcards

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function of digestive system

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provides body with nutrients, water, and electrolytes essential for health

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define digestion

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ingested food is broken down into smaller diffusible components to make it available to body

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define absorption

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results of digestion pass through epithelial cells lining the tract into the blood for distribution to body cells

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two major groups of digestive system

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gastrointestinal tract (alimentary canal)

accessory digestive organs

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teeth, salivary glands, gallbladder, liver, pancreas are…

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accessory digestive structures

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tongue is supported by the ________ muscle

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mylohyoid

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secures tongue to floor of mouth

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lingual frenulum

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palatine tonsils are bound by the anterior _________ arch and the posterior _________ arch

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palatoglossal arch (anterior)

palatopharyngeal arch (posterior)

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inflammation of palatine tonsils

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tonsilitis

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sphincter between esophagus and stomach

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gastroesophageal sphincter (cardia)

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two mesenteries connected to stomach

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greater omentum

lesser omentum

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lesser omentum extends from liver to the _____ ______

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lesser curvature

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greater omentum extends from the ______ ______

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greater curvature

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______ ______ secrete HCl and hydrolytic enzymes

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gastic glands

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after food is processed in stomach it becomes _____

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chyme

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what do chief cells produce

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pepsinogen

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what do parietal cells produce

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HCl

intrinsic factor

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between stomach and duodenum

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pyloric sphincter

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first 10 inches of small intestine

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duodenum

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extends 8 feet from the duodenum

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jejunum

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extends 12 feet after jejunum

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ileum

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between small & large intestines

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ileocecal valve

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one of two enzymes in small intestine - bound to microvilli

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brush border enzymes

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enzymes move from pancreas to small intestine via the…

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main pancreatic duct

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bile enters small intestine via the ___ ____

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bile duct

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in small intestine, ducts join to form bulblike __________ _____ which empty their products into duodenum through the ______ ______ _____, controlled by the _______ ______

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hepatopancreatic ampulla

major duodenal papilla

hepatopancreatic sphincter

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microscopic projections on surface of epithelial lining of small intestine

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microvilli

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fingerlike projections of the mucosa tunic in small intestine that give it a velvety appearance

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villi

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deep permanent folds of mucosa and submucosa of small intestine that force chyme to spiral through intestine, slowing its progress

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circular folds

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lymph nodules in submucosa of small intestine

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Peyer’s patches

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inflammation of the appendix

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appendicitis

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right side of colon is ______, left side is _______

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ascending

descending

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3 longitudinal muscle bands of large intestine

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teniae coli

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pocketlike sacs of large intestine

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haustra

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3 pairs of major salivary glands

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parotid glands

submandibular glands

sublingual glands

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salivary glands anterior to ear

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parotid glands

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salivary glands along medial aspect of mandibular body

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submandibular glands

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salivary glands anterior in floor of mouth

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sublingual glands

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saliva consists of glycoprotein _____

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mucin

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mass of food in the mouth

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bolus

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______ _______ in saliva begins digestion of starch

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salivary amylase

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largest gland in body

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liver

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liver is suspended from diaphragm by the…

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falciform ligament

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liver’s digestive function

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produces bile

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bile function

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emulsifies fats

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function of gallbladder

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stores bile when digestion is not occuring

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hexagonal structures in liver

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lobules

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liver cells

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hepatocytes

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at each of the 6 corners of a lobule

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portal triad

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blood filled spaces between liver cells

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sinusoids

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phagocytic cells lining sinusoids

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stellate macrophages OR hepatic macrophages

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bile flows through tiny canals called _____ ______ running between liver cells

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bile canaliculi

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pancreatic juice is very _______ and neutralizes acidic chyme

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alkaline

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why does the acidic chyme need to be neutralized as it enters the small intestine?

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pancreatic and intestinal enzymes function optimally at slightly alkaline pH