Finals 1 Flashcards
the movement of food through the alimentary canal by smooth muscle is called
digestion
taking food in the body is
ingestion
the act of swallowing is known as
deglutition
the salivary gland that secretes the least amount of saliva
parotid
enzymes found in the saliva that partially digest carbohydrates
amylase
total number of permanent teeth
32
folds in the stomach is called
plicae circularis
the preponderance of digestion takes place in the
stomach
the absorption structure of the small intestine is
plicae
nerve supply of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue, both for the general and special sensation
glossopharyngeal nerve
peyer’s patches are aggregates of lymphoid tissues found in the
ileum
part of the colon that crosses the abdominal cavity from right to left side
transverse
specialized cells found in the mucosa of the stomach responsible for the production of pepsinogen
chief cells
folds found in the large intestine
huastra
which of the ff is NOT an accessory structure of the gastrointestinal tract
liver