LESSON 10 PART 1

Question 1

the two main groups of the digestive system?

Answer 1

Alimentary canal and accessory digestive organs

Question 2

performs the whole menu of digestive functions as it propels the foodstuffs along its tract.

Answer 2

Alimentary canal

Question 3

what are the functions of the alimentary canal?

Answer 3

ingests, digests, absorbs, defecates

Question 4

assist the process of digestive break down in various ways.

Answer 4

accessory digestive organs

Question 5

what are the accessory digestive organs?

Answer 5

teeth, tongue and several large digestive glands

Question 6

what are the organs of the alimentary canal?

Answer 6

mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines

Question 7

what is the alimentary canal other name?

Answer 7

Gastrointestinal tract or gut

Question 8

A continuous, coiled hollow muscular tube that winds
throughout the ventral body cavity from stomach to anus.

Answer 8

alimentary canal

Question 9

in a cadaver the alimentary canal is apporximately _________. However in a living person it is ________ due to its _________.

Answer 9

9 meters or 30 ft long, shorter, muscle tone

Question 10

what are the parts of the mouth?

Answer 10

lips/labia, cheeks, hard palate,Soft palate, Vestibule, Oral Cavity proper, Muscular tongue, Tongue , Lingual Frenulum

Question 11

First organ ; A mucous membrane-lined cavity.

Answer 11

mouth

Question 12

this is where the food enters the digestive tract through the mouth or oral cavity?

Answer 12

mouth

Question 13

forms its posterior roof of the mouth

Answer 13

soft palate

Question 14

Space between the lips and cheeks externally at the teeth
and gums internally

Answer 14

vestibule

Question 15

form its lateral walls of the mouth

Answer 15

cheeks

Question 16

forms its anterior roof of the mouth

Answer 16

hard palate

Question 17

protects its anterior opening of the mouth

Answer 17

lips/labia

Question 18

the area contained by the teeth of the mouth

Answer 18

oral cavity proper

Question 19

occupies the floor of the mouth

Answer 19

muscular tongue

Question 20

it is attached with several bony attachments namely hyoid bone and styloid processes of the skull

Answer 20

tongue

Question 21

Fold of mucous membrane that secures the tongue to the floor of the mouth and limits its posterior movements.

Answer 21

lingual frenulum

Question 22

what are the two bones attached by the mouth?

Answer 22

hyoid bone and styloid processes of the skull

Question 23

from the mouth this is where the food passes posteriorly

Answer 23

pharynx

Question 24

from the mouth this is where the food passes posteriorly. and it will pass to the?

Answer 24

oropharynx and laryngopharynx

Question 25

both of which are common passageways for food, fluids, and air.

Answer 25

oropharynx and laryngopharynx

Question 26

the pharynx is subdivided into?

Answer 26

nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx

Question 27

it is posterior to the oral cavity of the pahrynx

Answer 27

oropharynx

Question 28

continuous with the esophagus below of the pharynx

Answer 28

laryngopharynx

Question 29

part of the respiratory passageway of the pharynx

Answer 29

nasopharynx

Question 30

the walls of the pharynx contains _______ skeletal muscle layers?

Answer 30

two

Question 31

the cells of the pharynx of the inner layer run _________, outer layer runs ____________

Answer 31

longitudinally, circular fashion

Question 32

esophagus is aka?

Answer 32

gullet

Question 33

runs from the pharynx through the diaphragm to the
stomach.

Answer 33

gullet

Question 34

size of the esophagus?

Answer 34

25 cm or 10 inches long

Question 35

Essentially a passageway that conducts food by peristalsis to
the stomach.

Answer 35

esophagus