Week 8-Digestive system Flashcards
Absorption
Passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
Amino acids
Small building blocks of proteins, released when proteins are digest
Amylase
Enzyme secreted by the pancreas and salivary glands to digest starch
Anal fistula
Abnormal tune-like passageway near the anus
Anus
Terminal end of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
Appendix
Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (RLQ)
Bile
Digestive juice made in liver and stored in gallbladder; composed of bile salts, cholesterol, and bile pigments
Bilibrubin
Pigment released by the liver in bile
Bowel
Instestine
Cecum
First part of the large intestine
Colon
Portion of the large intestine; ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid segments
Defecation
Elimination of feces from digestive tract through the anus
Deglutition
Swallowing
Common bile duct
Carries bile from liver and gallbladder to duodenum; choledohus
Digestion
Breakdown of complex foods into simpler forms
Duodenum
First part of small intestine; 12 inches long
Diverticulosis
Abnormal outpouchings (diverticula) in the intestinal wall of the colon
Elimination
Act of removal of materials from the body
Emulsification
Physical process of breaking up large fat globules into smaller globules
Enzyme
Chemical that speeds up a reaction between substances