Smart Edition Digestion Flashcards
What is a bolus
What is chyme
Saliva mixed with food and swallowed
Bolus mixed with stomach acids
3 salivary glands starting with the most superior
Parotid
Sublingual
Submandibular
Muscular folds in the stomach are called
Rugae
Which accessory organ secrets
Lipase, Peptidase, Amalyse
Bicarbonate ions
Insulin & Glucogan
Pancreas
Which accessory organs function is
Store and Convert nutrients
Remove ammonia
Excrete bilirubin from old erythrocytes
Liver
4 parts of the colon
Ascending, Transverse, Descending, Sigmoid
From esophagus to stomach and from stomach to duodenum name the 2 sphincters
Cardiac
Pyloric
What is the name of the section where the small and large intestine meet
Cecum
Which organ removes ammonia from the blood and converts it into urea
Liver
Amylase is produced from which 2 areas and does what
Saliva & Pancreas
Digest carbs
Pepsin is produced in the _______ and breaks down ______
Stomach
Protein
Peptidase is produced in the ______ and secreted into the small intestines to break down
Pancreas
Peptides into amino acids
Sucrase is produced in the _____ ______ and breaks down sucrose into glucose
Small intestine
Lactase is produced in the _____ _____ and breaks down lactose into glucose
Small intestine