Final Flashcards
The mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, s/l intestines are apart of what region
Alimentary canal
The tongue, teeth, salivary glands, liver, gall, pancreas are apart of what region
Accessory organs
The taking in of food
Ingestion
Breakdown of food into smaller molecules
Digestion
Movement of nutrients into bloodstream
Absorption
Removal of wastes from body
Elimination
The oral cavity consists of: 4
Tongue, hard palate, soft palate, teeth(crown, neck, root)
This enzyme is for protein digestion, activated by pepsin
Pepsinogen
This protects stomach lining from being digested
Mucin(mucus)
This is needed for absorption of vitamin B12
Intrinsic factor
This acid maintains PH in the stomach by activating pepsinogen into an active enzyme(pepsin), absorbing iron, destroying bacteria
Hydrochloric acid
Causes of gastric juice: 2
Cephalic phase, gastric phase
This phase is the production in response go thought, sight, taste, and smell of food
Cephalic phase
This phase is the production in response to the presence of food in the stomach which stimulates the release of the hormone gastrin and causes the stomach glands to produce gastric juices
Gastric phase
This organ is located in thr abdominal cavity, connects to stomach at pyloric sphincter and to large intestine
Small intestines