Week 2- Digestive and Urinary System Flashcards

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1
Q

How many cervical vertebrae are there?

A

7

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2
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How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

A

12

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3
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How many lumbar vertebrae are there?

A

5

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4
Q

The sacrum is how many bones fused together?

A

5

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5
Q

What is the uvula?

A

dangly thing in the back of the throat; important for speech

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6
Q

deglutition

A

swallowing

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7
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papillae

A

bumps on the tongue, taste buds

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8
Q

Parotid glands are located where

A

by the ear

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9
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What are the 3 type of salivary glands

A

parotid, submandibular, and sublingual

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10
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Pharynx

A

throat- passageway for food and air

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11
Q

esophagus connects the ________ to the _________-

A

mouth to stomach

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12
Q

What are the 3 parts of the stomach?

A
  1. funds (upper)
  2. Body
  3. atrium (lower)
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13
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Lower esophageal sphincter

A

connects esophagus to stomach

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14
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pyloric sphincter

A

connects Stomach to small intestines

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15
Q

What are rugae?

A

Folds in the musics membrane of the stomach that increase the surface area of the stomach for digestion

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16
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What are the 3 parts of the small intestines?

A
  1. Duodenum
  2. Jejunum
  3. Ileum

FBI/DJI

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17
Q

What are the 3 parts of the large intestines?

A
  1. Cecum
  2. Colon
  3. rectum

Chelsea and Charlotte Rock

18
Q

What organ regulates blood sugar?

A

liver

19
Q

What organ manufactures blood proteins for clotting?

A

liver

20
Q

glycogenolysis

A

the conversion of glycogen back into glucose

21
Q

glyconeogenesis

A

liver converts protein and fat into glucose

neo- makes me think of new. the liver makes new glucose out of fat and protein

22
Q

How makes bile?

A

liver

23
Q

Who stores and concentrates bile?

A

gallbladder

24
Q

What organ secrets enzymes that are used to break down or speed up in the body?

A

pancrease

25
Q

Amylase breaks down _______

A

starch

26
Q

Lipase breaks down _______

A

fat (lipo sounds like fat)

27
Q

Protease breaks down _______

A

protein

28
Q

What organ secretes insulin and glycogen?

A

the pancrease

29
Q

ascites

A

fluid in the abdomen

30
Q

borborygmi

A

rumbling/gurgiling noise in the GI from gastroenteritis/ diahrrea

31
Q

dysphagia

A

difficult swallowing

32
Q

eructation

A

bruping

33
Q

hematochezia

A

fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI

33
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hematochezia

A

fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI

33
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hematochezia

A

fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI

34
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hematochezia

A

fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI

34
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hematochezia

A

fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI

35
Q

melena

A

black tarry stool; upper GI like ulcer

36
Q

steatorrhea

A

fat in feces; floats

improper fat absoprtion

37
Q

What do tonisls produce?

A

Lymphocytes

38
Q

What is bilirubin?

A

A bile pigment

If it incorrectly remains in the flood stream this causes jaundice (why the skin turns yellow because of the dye)

39
Q

What organ is both and exocrine and endocrine organ?

A

Pancrease