MODULE1 - RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Flashcards
Two groups of organs compose the digestive system
gastrointestinal (GI) tract/ alimentary canal
accessory digestive organs
A continuous tube that extends from the mouth to the anus through the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
gastrointestinal (GI) tract/ alimentary canal
accessory digestive organs
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas
accessory digestive organssalivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas
never come into direct contact with food. They produce or store secretions that flow into the GI tract through ducts
physically break down the food by churning it and propel the food along the tract, from the esophagus to the anus.
Muscular contractions
Enzymes
secreted by accessory digestive organs and cells that line the tract break down the food chemically.
SIX BASIC PROCESSES PERFORMED BY THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
I.S.MIPRO.D.AD
INGESTION SECRETION MIXING AND PROPULSION DIGESTION ABSORPTION DEFECATION
LAYERS OF THE GI TRACT
mucosa
submucosa
muscularis
and serosa.
Inner lining of the GI tract, is a mucous membrane. It is composed of (1) a layer of epithelium in direct contact with the contents of the GI tract, (2) a layer of connective tissue called the lamina propria, and (3) a thin layer of smooth muscle (muscularis mucosae)
Mucosa
areolar connective tissue that binds the mucosa to the muscularis. It contains many blood and lymphatic vessels that receive absorbed food molecules.
Submucosa
contains skeletal muscle that produces voluntary swallowing.
Muscularis
a serous membrane composed of areolar connective tissue and simple squamous epithelium
Serosa