Week 2- Digestive and Urinary System Flashcards
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
7
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
12
How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
5
The sacrum is how many bones fused together?
5
What is the uvula?
dangly thing in the back of the throat; important for speech
deglutition
swallowing
papillae
bumps on the tongue, taste buds
Parotid glands are located where
by the ear
What are the 3 type of salivary glands
parotid, submandibular, and sublingual
Pharynx
throat- passageway for food and air
esophagus connects the ________ to the _________-
mouth to stomach
What are the 3 parts of the stomach?
- funds (upper)
- Body
- atrium (lower)
Lower esophageal sphincter
connects esophagus to stomach
pyloric sphincter
connects Stomach to small intestines
What are rugae?
Folds in the musics membrane of the stomach that increase the surface area of the stomach for digestion
What are the 3 parts of the small intestines?
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- Ileum
FBI/DJI
What are the 3 parts of the large intestines?
- Cecum
- Colon
- rectum
Chelsea and Charlotte Rock
What organ regulates blood sugar?
liver
What organ manufactures blood proteins for clotting?
liver
glycogenolysis
the conversion of glycogen back into glucose
glyconeogenesis
liver converts protein and fat into glucose
neo- makes me think of new. the liver makes new glucose out of fat and protein
How makes bile?
liver
Who stores and concentrates bile?
gallbladder
What organ secrets enzymes that are used to break down or speed up in the body?
pancrease
Amylase breaks down _______
starch
Lipase breaks down _______
fat (lipo sounds like fat)
Protease breaks down _______
protein
What organ secretes insulin and glycogen?
the pancrease
ascites
fluid in the abdomen
borborygmi
rumbling/gurgiling noise in the GI from gastroenteritis/ diahrrea
dysphagia
difficult swallowing
eructation
bruping
hematochezia
fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI
hematochezia
fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI
hematochezia
fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI
hematochezia
fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI
hematochezia
fresh bright red blood (hem) in the stool; usually caused be a hemorrhoid and related to lower GI
melena
black tarry stool; upper GI like ulcer
steatorrhea
fat in feces; floats
improper fat absoprtion
What do tonisls produce?
Lymphocytes
What is bilirubin?
A bile pigment
If it incorrectly remains in the flood stream this causes jaundice (why the skin turns yellow because of the dye)
What organ is both and exocrine and endocrine organ?
Pancrease