Test 10/10 Flashcards
Stores and secretes bile which breaks down fat gallstones form when the chemical compounds of bile become unbalanced often resulting in the removal of gallbladder
Gallbladder
Largest gland in the body removes toxins produces bile helps blood clot and regulates body temperature
Liver
Stores blood cells and destroys the red blood cells while producing white blood cells lymphocytes
Spleen
Muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the lower abdominopelvic cavity
Diaphragm
Temporary reservoir in the gastrointestinal tract chemical breakdown of proteins begins here in food is converted into chyme (semi fluid to creamy mass consisting of partially digested food and gastric juice)
Stomach
Wormlike sac attached to the cecum of the large intestine contains masses of lymphoid tissue plays an important role in body immunity
Appendix
Smooth collapsible muscular sack stores urine temporarily
Urinary bladder
Convoluted tube extending from pyloric Sphincter to the ileocecal valve where it joins the large intestine site where digestion is completed and virtually all absorption occurs
Small intestine
Blind and pouch at the beginning of the large intestine
Cecum
Regions of the large intestine includes sending transfers descending and sigmoid portions
The colon
Lumb/o
Loin
Sacr/o
Sacrum
Oste/o
Bone
Bronch/o
Bronchial Tubes
Pleur/o
Pleura