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Week 8-Digestive system Flashcards

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Absorption

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Passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream

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2
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Amino acids

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Small building blocks of proteins, released when proteins are digest

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3
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Amylase

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Enzyme secreted by the pancreas and salivary glands to digest starch

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4
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Anal fistula

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Abnormal tune-like passageway near the anus

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5
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Anus

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Terminal end of the digestive tract to the outside of the body

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Appendix

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Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (RLQ)

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Bile

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Digestive juice made in liver and stored in gallbladder; composed of bile salts, cholesterol, and bile pigments

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8
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Bilibrubin

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Pigment released by the liver in bile

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9
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Bowel

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Instestine

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10
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Cecum

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First part of the large intestine

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Colon

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Portion of the large intestine; ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid segments

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Defecation

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Elimination of feces from digestive tract through the anus

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13
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Deglutition

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Swallowing

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14
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Common bile duct

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Carries bile from liver and gallbladder to duodenum; choledohus

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Digestion

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Breakdown of complex foods into simpler forms

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Duodenum

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First part of small intestine; 12 inches long

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17
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Diverticulosis

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Abnormal outpouchings (diverticula) in the intestinal wall of the colon

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18
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Elimination

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Act of removal of materials from the body

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19
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Emulsification

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Physical process of breaking up large fat globules into smaller globules

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20
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Enzyme

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Chemical that speeds up a reaction between substances

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Esophagus

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Tube connecting the throat to the stomach

22
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Fatty acids

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Substances produced when fats are digested; category of lipids

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Feces

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Solid wastes

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Gallbladder

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Small sac under the liver; stores bile

25
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Glucose

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Simple sugar

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Glycogen

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Starch; glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in liver cells

27
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Hydrochloric acid

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Substance produce by the stomach; necessary for digestion of food

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Ileum

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Third part of the small intestine

29
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Insulin

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Hormone produced by the endocrine cells of the pancreas; transports sugar from blood into cells and stimulates glycogen formation by liver

30
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Jejunum

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Second part of small intestine

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Lipase

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Pancreatic enzyme necessary to digest fats

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Liver

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Large organ in RUQ; secretes bile, stores sugar, iron, vitamins; produces blood proteins; destroys worn out RBCs, filters toxins, usually weighs 2.5 - 3 lbs

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Lower esophageal sphincter

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LES; cardiac sphincter; ring of muscles between the esophagus and the stomach

34
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Mastication

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Palate

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Roof of mouth; hard palate = anterior to soft palate and supported by maxilla; soft palate=posterior fleshy part between mouth and throat

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Pancreas

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Under stomach; produces insulin and enzymes (for digesting food)

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Papillae

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Small elevation of tounge

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Parotid gland

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Salivary gland within the cheek, anterior to ear

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Peristalsis

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Rhythmic contractions of tubular organs; stomach 0.5 - 2 hrs, small intestine 2-6hrs, colon 6 - 12 hrs

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Pharynx

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Throat; common passageway for food from mouth and air from nose

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Portal vein

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Large vein bringing blood to the liver from intestines

42
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Protease

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Enzyme that digest protein

43
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Pyloric sphincter

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Ring of muscle at end of stomach, near duodenum; normal closed, opens when a wave of peristalsis passes over it

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Pylorus

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Distal region of the stomach, opening to the duodenum

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Rectum

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Last section of large intestine, connecting end of colon and anus

46
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Rugae

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Ridges on hard palate and wall of stomach

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Saliva

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Digestive juice produced by salivary glands; contains amylase

48
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Salivary glands

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Parotid, sublingual, submandibular glands

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Sigmoid colon

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Fourth and last, S-shaped, segment of colon; just before rectum; empties into rectum

50
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Sphincter

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Circular ring of muscle that contracts a passage or closes a natural opening

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