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The Digestive System Flashcards

1
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Ingestion

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Eating

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2
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Mechanical processing

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Chewing

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Digestion

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Chemical reaction involving enzymes

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4
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Secretion

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Enzymes

Putting things in that are useful to digestive process

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5
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Excretion

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Through the liver

Gets rid of toxins

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Absorption

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Bring nutrients into blood stream

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Compaction

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Things you don’t absorb

Pressed together

Diarrhea

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Peristalsis

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Wave like contraction, propels things

Smooth muscle

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9
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Segmentation

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Another word for digestion

Churning to mix contents for digestion

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10
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Intraperitoneal

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Membrane that surrounds peritoneum

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11
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Retropeeitoneal

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(Behind it)

Pancreas, duodenum, kidneys, ascending and descending colon

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Parietal

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Cover wall of cavity

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Visceral

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Covers organs and guts

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14
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Greater omentum

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Greater curvature of stomach

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15
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Lesser omemtum

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Lesser curvature up to liver

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16
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Transverse and sigmoid

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Mesocolon

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17
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Mesentery

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Encircles all of small intestine

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18
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Labial frenulum ligament

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Labia (lips)

Mucus membrane

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19
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Palatoglossal arch

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Closest to tongue

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20
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Palatoglossal pharynx

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Closer to pharynx

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21
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Tongue

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Lingual foramen

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22
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Parotid gland

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Largest in cheeks

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23
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Submandibular

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Below mandible

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24
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Sublingual

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Below tongue

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25
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Fauces

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Opening from oral cavity to pharynx

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26
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Lingual tonsil

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Base of tongue

Protect from infection

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27
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Crown

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Part of tooth above gingiva

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28
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Enamel

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Hardest substance in body

Crystalyn

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29
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Dentin

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Bone like
Underneath enamel
Bulk of tooth

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30
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Pulp

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Soft part of tooth

CT, BV, stem cells maintain Dentin

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31
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Neck

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Narrow of tooth

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32
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Root

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Embedded in bone

Root canal

Apical foramen

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33
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Periodontal ligament

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CT fibers from senentum to bones

34
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Incisors

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Cutting teeth

35
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Cuspids

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Canines

Tearing

36
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Bi and tricuspids

37
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How many deciduous teeth?

38
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How many adult teeth?

39
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Arcade

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Mamdicular and maxillary(inferior)

40
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Palatal

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Towards palate

41
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Buccal

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Outwards toward cheek

42
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Mesial

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Toward incisors

43
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Distal

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Toward molars

44
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Occlusal

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Covers part that does all chewing

45
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Deglutition

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Swallowing

Bolus

46
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Buccal phase

47
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Pharyngeal phase

48
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Esophageal

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Reflex to autonomic

49
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Rugae

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Allows stomach to expand

50
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Mucosa

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Simple columnar for secretion

51
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There’s no adventitia for

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Serosa

Formation of chyme

52
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Chief cells

A

Pepsinogen

53
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G cells

54
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Parietal cells

55
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Duodenum

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.25 m

Submucosal glands

Most chemical digestion

Major duodenal papilla:delivers material from
Pancreas:makes bicarbonate

56
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Jejunum

57
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Ileum

A

3.5m

Biggest

Peyers patches (B T cells): longest

58
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Mucosa

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Simple columnar

Plica(folds) and villi(finger like extensions):increase surface area for absorption

Lacteals

59
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Submucosa

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Submuscosal plexus

60
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Serosa

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Holds it all together

61
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Brush border

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Has small microvilli

Goblet cells

62
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Rectum

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Anal canal

Anal columns

Anus

Internal and external anal sphincters

63
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Internal sphincters

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Smooth muscle

64
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External sphincters

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Skeletal muscle

65
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Large intestine

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No villi

More lymphoid tissue

Mass peristalsis and segmentation

Water absorption

66
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Mass peristalsis

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Occurs in larger intestine after a large meal

67
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Liver functions

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Filters:nutrients, wastes, RBCs, and toxins

Produces blood proteins, urea, bile

68
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Right lobe of liver

69
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Left lobe of liver

70
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Quadrate lobe of liver

71
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Caudate

72
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Faliciform ligament

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Help connect liver to diaphragm and coronary ligament

Round ligament: fetus

73
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Hepatic portal vein

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Brings blood to liver for filtering

74
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Hepatic artery

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O2 to liver

75
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Hepatic duct

A

Bike duct microscopically

76
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Hepatic lobule

Central vein

A

Cleans it out

Sinusoid capillaries

Hepatocytes

Kupffer cells

77
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Hepatocytes

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Fixed macrophage

78
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Gallbladder

A

Concentrates

79
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Parts of gallbladder

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Fundus

Body neck

Cystic duct:carries bile down common bike duct

80
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Bile pathway

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R and L hepatic duct

Common hepatic duct

Common bile duct

81
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Pancreas

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Enzymes

Produce hormones

Neutralize bicarbonate

Pancreatic duct

Acini

Pancreatic islets:hormones, insulin, glucogon

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