Key Terms A&P I - Lab ex 5 - These need to be distributed to the correct systems and ensure that they are not duplicates

Question 1

What is a pharynx?

Answer 1

It is the tube going down to the stomach and the lungs.

Question 2

What is an esophagus?

Answer 2

It is a muscular tube connecting the throat (pharynx) with the stomach.

Question 3

How is long the esophagus?

Answer 3

The esophagus is about 8 inches long.

Question 4

What is a colon?

Answer 4

The long, coiled, tubelike organ that removes water from digested food.

Question 5

What is the other term for colon?

Answer 5

Colon is also known as the large intestine.

Question 6

What is the rectum?

Answer 6

The last 6 to 8 inches and the final section of the large intestine.

Question 7

What does the rectum stores?

Answer 7

The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through the anus.

Question 8

What is the anus?

Answer 8

The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body.It is the lower part of your large intestine

Question 9

What is the buccal cavity?

Answer 9

It is the portion of the oral cavity bounded by the lips, cheeks, and gums.

Question 10

What is the other term for buccal cavity?

Answer 10

It is also known as oral cavity.

Question 11

What is the palate?

Answer 11

It is the roof of the mouth.

Question 12

What is the amylase?

Answer 12

An enzyme produced in the pancreas and salivary glands that helps in the digestion of starches.

Question 13

What is the incisor?

Answer 13

It is a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting.

Question 14

What is the canine?

Answer 14

It is a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal.

Question 15

What is the molar?

Answer 15

It is a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.

Question 16

What is the dentin?

Answer 16

The hard tissue of the tooth that surrounds the central core of nerves and blood vessels (pulp).

Question 17

What are the 4 components of teeth?

Answer 17

1. Enamel
2. Cementum
3. Pulp
4. Dentin

Question 18

What is enamel?

Answer 18

It is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance in your body.

Question 19

What is the epiglottis?

Answer 19

It is a flap made of elastic cartilage covered with a mucous membrane, attached to the entrance of the larynx.

Question 20

What are some functions of the Epiglottis?

Answer 20

• It covers the trachea during swallowing, so that food does not enter the lungs.
• It also stands open during breathing, allowing air into the larynx.

Question 21

What is the larynx?

Answer 21

The food pipe in the upper part of the neck

Question 22

What is another name for the larynx?

Answer 22

Voice box is another name for larynx.

Question 23

How long is the larynx of an adult?

Answer 23

2 inches (5cm) long.

Question 24

Where is the larynx located?

Answer 24

It sits above the windpipe (trachea) in the neck and in front of the food pipe.

Question 25

What is the trachea?

Answer 25

It is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs.

Question 26

What is the function of the trachea?

Answer 26

It allows the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs

Question 27

What is the rugae?

Answer 27

It is a term used in anatomy that refers to a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ.

Question 28

What is the most common organ that applies the term rugae?

Answer 28

It is the internal surface of the stomach (gastric rugae).

Question 29

What is the esophageal hiatus?

Answer 29

In human anatomy, it is an opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus and the vagus nerve pass.

Question 30

Where does the esophageal hiatus located?

Answer 30

It is located in the right crus, one of the two tendinous structures that connect the diaphragm to the spine.

Question 31

What is the cardiac region?

Answer 31

It is the point where the esophagus connects to the stomach and through which food passes into the stomach.

Question 32

What are the 2 curvatures of the stomach?

Answer 32

1. Greater Curvature | 2. Lesser Curvature

Question 33

What is the greater curvature of the stomach?

Answer 33

It is the boundary of the stomach that forms a long usually convex curve on the left from the opening for the esophagus to the opening into the duodenum.

Question 34

What is the lesser curvature of the stomach?

Answer 34

It is the boundary of the stomach that in humans forms a relatively short concave curve on the right from the opening for the esophagus to the opening into the duodenum.

Question 35

What is pyloris?

Answer 35

It is an infection with symptoms of bloating, belching or burping, nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort, and fatigue

Question 36

What is the pyloric sphincter?

Answer 36

It is a band of smooth muscle at the junction between the pylorus of the stomach and the duodenum of the small intestine

Question 37

What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?

Answer 37

It acts as a valve to controls the flow of partially digested food from the stomach to the small intestine.

Question 38

What is the duodenum?

Answer 38

It is the first and shortest segment of the small intestine.

Question 39

What is the function of the duodenum?

Answer 39

It receives partially digested food (known as chyme) from the stomach and plays a vital role in the chemical digestion of chyme in preparation for absorption in the small intestine.

Question 40

What is the jejunum?

Answer 40

It is the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum.

Question 41

What is the ilium?

Answer 41

It is the largest and most superior of the three bones that join to form the hipbone, or os coxa

Question 42

What is the plicae circulares?

Answer 42

These are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine.

Question 43

What are villi?

Answer 43

Within the small intestine are small finger-like projections of tissue called villi

Question 44

What is the function of the villi?

Answer 44

It is specialized for absorption in the small intestine as they have a thin wall, one cell thick, which enables a shorter diffusion path

Question 45

What is the mesentery?

Answer 45

It is a fold of membrane that attaches the intestine to the abdominal wall and holds it in place.

Question 46

What are the 2 colic flexures or curvatures in the transverse colon?

Answer 46

1. The "right colic flexure" is known as the "hepatic flexure". 2. The "left colic flexure" is known as the "splenic flexure".

Question 47

What is the right colic flexure?

Answer 47

It is the sharp bend between the ascending colon and the transverse colon.

Question 48

What is the function of the right colic flexure?

Answer 48

It receives blood supply from the superior mesenteric artery.

Question 49

What is the left colic flexure?

Answer 49

It is the bend in the large intestine in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen as the transverse colon continues as the descending colon.

Question 50

What is the rectum?

Answer 50

It is the final section of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.

Question 51

What is the anus?

Answer 51

It is the opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste matter leaves the body.

Question 52

What is bile?

Answer 52

It is a dark green to yellowish brown fluid, produced by the liver of most vertebrates, that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine.

Question 53

What is the caudate lobe?

Answer 53

It is an independent part of the liver, supplied by the right and left hepatic artery and portal vein.

Question 54

What is the quadrate lobe?

Answer 54

It is a small lobe of the liver on the underside of the right lobe to the left of the fissure for the gallbladder.

Question 55

What is glycogen?

Answer 55

It is a readily mobilized storage form of glucose.

Question 56

What are gall stones?

Answer 56

These are solid particles that form from bile cholesterol and bilirubin in the gallbladder.

Question 57

What is jaundice?

Answer 57

It is a term used to describe a yellowish tinge to the skin and the whites of the eye.

Question 58

What is a cholecystectomy?

Answer 58

It is a surgical procedure to remove your gallbladder.

Question 59

What is insulin?

Answer 59

It is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose).