Lab Digestive System (exam 4) Flashcards
What is the oral cavity?
Mouth
What do the cheeks do?
Hold food in
What are the root teeth?
Teeth that root in
In maxilla and mandible
Teeth under gums
What are the crown teeth?
Teeth above the gums
What are gums also called?
Gingiva
What do the salivary glands do? What are the 3 salivary glands?
Make saliva
1) submandibular
2) sublingual
3) parotid
What gland is under/ in the mandible?
Submandibular
What gland is under the tongue?
Sublingual
What gland is below your ears and the biggest one?
Parotid
What is the pharynx?
Back of throat where air and food passages cross
Which pharynx is in the back of your nasal cavity?
Nasopharynx
Which pharynx is in the back of your mouth?
Oropharynx
Which cavity is on top of your larynx?
Laryngopharynx
What is the esophagus?
Back of trachea
Tube where food goes down
What is the lower esophageal/ cardiac sphincter?
Between esophagus and stomach
Not real sphincter
What are the hills of the inner layer of the stomach called?
Rugae
What is the pyloric sphincter?
Between stomach and small intestine
Real sphincter
What is the first part of the small intestine called?
Duodenum (right side)
What is the second part of the small intestine called?
Jejunum (middle part)
What is the third and last part of the small intestine?
Ileum (left side)
Where is the pancreas located?
End of stomach by duodenum
What connects the pancreas to the duodenum?
Pancreatic ducts
What is the opening called when bile ducts and pancreatic ducts connect to an opening that meets the duodenum?
Hepatopancreatic sphincter (sphincter of oddi)
What is a liver lobule structure?
Microscopic part of the liver