Gastrointestinal System Flashcards

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Mouth

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also known as the oral or buccal cavity

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Esophagus

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25 cm long 10-30 mm diameter

Peristalsis begins

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3
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openings of the stomach

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cardiac orfice and pyloric orfice

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4
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regions of the stomach

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cardi, fundus, body, pylorus

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5
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small intestine

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duodenum, jejunum, ileum

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duodenum

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25 cm long, starts at pyloric

sphincter of stomach

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7
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jejunum

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3 feet in length

extends to the ileum

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8
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ileum

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distal portion of the small bowel
6 feet in length
joins the large intestine at the ilocecal valve

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large intestine

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cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon,sigmoid colon, rectum/anal cana

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cecum

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small pouch portion of intestine below the junction of the ileum and the colon approximately 2.5 inches in length and 3 inches in diamter

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ascending colon

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ascends on the right of the abdomen

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12
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hepatic flexure

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ascending colon truns abruptly

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13
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transverse colon

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continues across the abdomen

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14
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splenic flexure

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curves beneath the inferior end of the spleen

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15
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descending colon

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passes inferiorly to the level of the iliac crest

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16
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sigmoid colon

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S shaped begins at the left iliac crest and terminates at the rectum

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rectum/anal canal

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the last 8 inches of the iliac tract which lies anterior to the sacrum and coccyx

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accessory organs

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teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas,

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teeth

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aid in the physical breakdown of food

located in the sockets of the alveolar processes

20
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tongue

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composed of skeletal muscle covered with mucous membrane

forms the floor of the oral cavity

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salivary glands

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parotid gland, submandibular gland, sublingual gland

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parotid glands

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largest of the salivary glands

23
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submandibular gland

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irregularly shaped glands; extends posteriorly from a point below the first molar also to the angle of the mandible

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sublingual gland

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smallest pair of glands located beneath the sublingual fold

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liver
largest gland in the body stores and filters blood detoxifies harmful compounds produces bile
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gall bladder
reservior for bile
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pancreas (endocrine)
isles of langerhans | produce insulin
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pancreas (exocirne)
secretes the juices that aid in digestion | helps break down fats, proteins, and carbs
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ductal systems
right and left hepatic ducts, common hepatic duct, cystic duct, common bile duct, pacreatic duct, ampullar of vater
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right and left hepatic ducts
merging of bile ducts
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common hepatic duct
hepatic ducts unite
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cystic duct
joins the common hepatic duct at the gallbladder
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common bile duct
common hepatic and cystic ducts
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pancreatic duct
joins the common bild duct from the liver
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ampulla of vater
dilated common duct formed by pancreatic and common bile duct (holding cell)