The Digestive System Flashcards
Includes the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs. Functions include absorption digestion and elimination. Regulated by complex series of hormonal neural and local control systems
Digestive system
Includes the root hard plate soft plate and uvula and the floor-tongue, muscles taste buds and frenulum
Mouth
Adults have how many permanent teeth
32
Parotid, sublingual, and submandibular glands produce saliva
Salivary glands
Muscular tube that passes air food and water
Pharynx
Muscular tube that carries food and water to the stomach
Esophagus
Digestive organ that contains the fundus (upper region), body (middle region), and antrum (lower region)
Stomach
Slender long coiled tubular organ that contains the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
Small intestine
60 inch muscular organ that includes the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending, and sigmoid colon
Large intestine
Organ that produces bile and breaks down waste
Liver
Small organ that stores bile
Gallbladder
Produces enzymes for digestion
Pancreas
Serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
Peritoneum
Surgical connection of two body structures
Anastomosis
Surgical removal of the gallbladder
Cholecystectomy
Fiberscopic examination of the colon
Colonoscopy
Opening between colon and abdominal wall
Colostomy
Protrusion in the wall of the colon
Diverticulum
Trouble swallowing
Dysphagia
Condition where an organ is turned inside out
Exatrophy
Artificial opening between the stomach and abdominal wall
Gastrostomy
Tissue or organ protruding through a cavity or the abdominal wall
Hernia
Exploratory procedure of the abdominal cavity using a small scope
Laparoscopy
Procedure done to crush a kidney stone with sound waves
Lithotripsy
