GI Flashcards
What is the second part of the small intestine ?
Jejunum
What is the first part of the small intestine ?
Duodenum
What is the the last part of the small intestine ?
Ileum
What is the first part of the large intestine ?
Cecum
What does the appendix hang of off !
Attach to the large intestine on the lowered right
What is the part of the intestine that goes up ?
The ascending colon
What is the part of the intestine that goes across ?
Transverse colon
What part of the large intestine goes down ?
The descending colon
What part of the large intestine have and S shape ?
The sigmoid colon
Where is the stool stored ?
The rectum
Where is stool excreted ?
The anus
Where does chemical and mechanical digestion start ?
In the mouth
What is the purpose of mechanical digestion ?
It breaks food into smaller particles physically ….(tongue , teeth )
What is chemical digestion ?
Breaks up into molecules so the body can use it
What is the last step of digestion ?
Chemical digestion
What are the chemical digestion in saliva ?
Amylase it breaks Down starches
Slow acting carbs
Fast acting carbs
Where is amylase found ?
In saliva
What are the 3 salivary gland that produce saliva ?
Parotid
Subligunal
Submandibular
Where is the submandibular gland located ?
Under the jaw
Where is the sublingual gland located ?
Under the tongue
Where is the parotid gland located ?
In front of the ear
What does saliva contain ?
Water
Mucus
Lysome
Amylase
What is the food called that is forming in the mouth ?
Bolus
Where does the Bolus go ?
Down the esophagus
What inhibits us from going inhaling the Bolus of food when it goes down the esophagus ?
Epiglottis
What does the epiglottis do ?
It’s a flap that covers the esophagus , when breathing , swallong , talking it covers the trachea
What muscle movement takes place from the esophagus going down to the stomach thorough the GI SYSTEM ?
Peristalsis
What is the first opening of the stomach called , after going down the esophagus ?
LES / lower esophageal sphincter or cardiac sphincter
What is the purpose of the LES ?
To keep food in the stomach and avoid reflex - so the food does not come back up to the esophagus
What is the ending of the stomach called ?
Pyloric sphincter
What happens in the stomach that’s excreted ?
HCL
What does HCL do in the stomach ?
It attach the Bolus of food chemically
What are the enzymes in the stomach ?
HCL
PEPCIN
What does Pepcin break down ?
Protien
What protects the stomach from being eating by HCL ?
Musin
What do the stomach produce that important , is the lining of the stomach ? What factor ?
The intrinsic factor
What does the intrinsic factor do ?
Absorption of vitamin b12 in the small intestine
What is the liquid (semi fluid ) called that leaves the stomach ?
Chyme
What is chyme ?
Semi fluid (liquid ) brew