Module 6: Processing Nourishment And Hydration Flashcards
Nutrients
Small absorbable molecules that provide energy in necessary components for body growth
Digestion
The process of breaking down your nutrition in to absorbable nutrients
Nutrition
Your food
Digestive system
A long tube through which food passes
Digestive enzymes
The precise tool for cutting the chains of Nutrient units
Absorb
To transport the digested
Epithelium
A general term for a layer of surface cells in the body
Epithelial cells
The cells that cover the outside of your skin
Mucus
A clear
Goblet cells
Specialize cells that are shaped like stand glassware and produce lots of mucus
Mucosa
Epithelium that secretes mucus
Submucosa
The loose layer containing blood vessels and nerves
Crypts
Tiny cave like glands in the mucosa
Ducts
Small channels from the liver or pancreas
Bile
Digestive fluid that helps to emulsify sets
Emulsify
To stabilize as tiny droplets of water-based fluid
Quadrant
One side of one arch
Incissors
Teeth that have a sharp knife like edges for cutting
Canine
A tooth that comes to a point; useful for piercing and tearing suit
Premolars/ bicuspids
The teeth right behind the canines
Molar
The teeth behind the premolars
Crown
The part of the tooth that is visible in the mouth
Enamel
The sick smooth coating of calcium mineral that covers the Crown
Dentin
Under the enamel coat; less dense than calcium substance
Root
The part of the tooth and encased in the socket in the jaw bone
Pulp
Inside the hollow interior of the hard tooth; Composed of blood vessels and neurons
Gingiva
Specialized mucosa that surrounds each tooth
Dental erosion
When the tooth is exposed to acid in food or drink
Tooth decay
Slowly erodes a part of the tooth until it gets into the Dentin
Saliva
Spit
Salivary glands
Organs that produce saliva
Salivary duct
How the saliva travels from the gland to the mouth
Starch
A long chain of sugar molecules
Bolus
A swallowable Mass
Satiety
The feeling of satisfaction from having eaten enough food
smooth muscles
involuntary muscle found in internal organs
skeletal muscles
muscles attached to bone that cause body movements; you can control them
involentary
Not controlled by your will
Peristalsis
Waves of rhythmic
Mixing waves
Smooth muscle activity that sloshes digesting food back-and-forth with in a single organ
Sphincters
Muscular rains that act like Valves in the tube; Hold the contents in one section until the stage of digestion is complete
Pharynx
The throat
Nasopharynx
The nose part of the throat
Soft palate
The flexible part of the roof of your mouth
Uvula
The extension of the soft palate that dangles down
Larynx
The voice box or Adam’s apple
Epiglottis
An elastic flap of tissue in the pharynx
Vocal folds
Vocal cords
Esophagus
The soft
upper esophageal sphincter
In the pharynx
lower esophageal sphincter
The muscular ring at the top of the stomach
Abdominal thrusts
The Heimlich maneuver
Umbilicus
navel
Gastric juice
Acidic juice added by tiny glands in the wall of the stomach
Chyme
Bolus that is swallowed into smooth slurry
hydrochloric acid
Acid so strong and corrosive that it can dissolve many kinds of metal
Pepsin
A digestive enzyme
Bulimia
A mental or emotional disorder characterized by Forced vomiting
Nausea
The natural discomfort felt before vomiting
Food poisoning
The presence of harmful bacteria or other toxins in food
Dehydrated
the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed from the body or from food
Gastroenteritis
An infection of bacteria or viruses in the mucosa of the digestive track
Vomiting
The force the return of the stomach contents To the mouth to be expelled
Intravenous
also known as IV
Heartburn
When the lower esophagus sphincter is not firmly closed all the stomach is churning the stomach contents with hydrochloric send me a link up into the esophagus
GERD
Repeated episodes of heartburn
Heart attack
A lack of blood flow to parts of the heart
Stomach ulcer
An opened wound in the mucosa of the stomach
Peptic ulcer
Also known as stomach ulcer; An opened wound in the mucosa of the stomach
pyloric sphincter
At the lower end of the stomach; keeps the chyme from entering the small intestine until it is churned enough
Duodenum
The first section of the small intestine; about 12 inches long
Jejunum
The second part of the small intestine; about 8 feet long
ileum
The third part of the small intestine; about 11 feet long
Duodenal ulcers
Most of the time caused by an H. Pylori infection and can be treated with antibiotics
Crypts
Tiny openings in the mucosa through which enzymes can flow into the small intestine
Lactose
The sugar found in milk
Lactase
enzyme that breaks down lactose
Lactose intolerance
The inability to completely digest the milk sugar
Villi
Hair-like projections in the folds of the small intestine
Microvilli
Microscopic villi
Villus
A single villi
Capillary
The smallest kind of blood vessel; covers the villus
Lacteals
The smallest of lymph vessels
Portal vein
Is specialized blood vessel that passes through the liver
Bile
A cholesterol rich fluid that emulsifies fat in the small intestine
Regenerate
Replace with functional cells
Gall bladder
A small sac under the liver which concentrates the bile by returning some of the water and salt to the blood
Common bile duct
carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum
Pancreas
Soft
Gall stones
When the bile stored in the gallbladder loses too much salt in water and condenses into hard black balls the size of peas
Gallbladder disease
When a gallstone gets stuck in the small intestine
Pancreatic duct
Releases the pancreatic juice into the duodenum
Bowel sounds
Growling noises that come from the intestines
Ileocecal sphincter
The ring-like muscle that controls the chyme going from the small intestine to the large intestine
Large intestine
Also known as colon; The final section of the digestive system tube
Cecum
The small intestines entry sphincter
Ascending colon
Goes up towards your liver and makes a sharp turn to become the transverse colon
Descending colon
Travels down your left side after it turns from the ascending colon
Sigmoid colon
After the descending colon it bends into an S shape and widens a little towards the end
Rectum
Stores the waste
Feces
Waste matter
Microbiome
Layers of Organisms that are similar to bacteria
Probiotic supplements
Capsules that contain concentrated bacteria
Prebiotics
Foods with lots of fiber
Anus
A muscular opening at the end of the rectum through which waste material is eliminated from the body
Anal Sphincter
Made of mostly smooth muscles and is automatically kept tight closed by the nervous system
Bowel movement/defecation
The release of feces from your body
Flatus
gas expelled through the anus
Flatulence
passing gas
Traveler’s diarrhea
Caused by drink Unpurified water
Regularity
Something that happens regularly
constipation
The condition of less frequent and difficult to pass bowel movements
hemorrhoids
In large blood vessels in the anus
Giardia
parasite that can affect the small intestine; a protozoan
Pinworms
Less than half an inch in length and appear in the feces as thin white threads.
Irritable bowel syndrome
How many people respond to stress.
gluten sensitivity
An allergy to the wheat protein called gluten
gluten
insoluble protein found in wheat
celiac disease
The gluten damages the intestine by shortening intestinal villi and interfering with absorption
Urinary system
The humble servant of the body
Nephrons
Tiny filtration plants
Tubule
A tiny collecting tube to catch the 20% of fluid that leaks out of the blood
Urea
A chemical from broken-down amino acids
Urine
Fluid wastes removed from the body by the kidneys
renal pelvis
A large
Ureter
Eight tube 12 inches long that carries urine away from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Electrolytes
Salts in the body
Hydrated
Supplied with plenty of water
Dehydration
When your body doesn’t have enough water
Hypernatremia
When there isn’t enough water in your body and it makes your body weak and imbalanced with too much sodium in the blood
Hyponatremia
low sodium in the blood
pH
A number that can be from one
Kidney stones
Solid crystalline masses formed in the kidney.
Lithotripsy
High Sounds like crash the kidney stone
urinary bladder
A balloon like storage container for urine
Urethra
A tube between the base of the bladder and the outside surface
urinary tract infection
Bacterial infection of the urinary system
Internist
doctor who specializes in internal medicine
Adolescent medicine
Focuses on young patients
geriatrics
the care of elderly people
Gastroenterologist
Cats for people with digestive illnesses
Nephrologist
Cares for people with kidney disease
Urologist
Cares for surgical and medical problems in the urinary system
Colon and rectal surgeon
Cares for conditions affecting the large intestine
Incisions
surgical cuts into tissue
Appendectomy
removal of the appendix
Endoscopy
visual examination within
Colonoscopy
visual examination of the colon