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Match the components of the digestive system to their description.
Muscular tube from mouth to anus – |
Digestive Tract
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Match the components of the digestive system to their description.
Organs that do not form the tube but assist in digestion – |
Accessory Organs
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The bringing of food into the digestive tract
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Ingestion
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Physical breakdown of large particles
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Mechanical Processing
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Physical breakdown of large particles via chewing
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Mastification
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Physical breakdown of large particles via Stomach churning
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Maceration
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Physical breakdown of large particles via Intestinal Churning
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Segmentation
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Swallowing (voluntary and involuntary parts)
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Deglutition
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Propulsion of tube contents through coordinated contractions
of circular and longitudinal muscular layers |
Peristalsis
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Chemical and enzymatic breakdown of large molecules
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Chemical Digestion
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Production of acids, enzymes, and buffers
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Secretion
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Movement of nutrients across the digestive epithelium
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Absorption
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Inner, mucous membrane often with folds to increase surface area
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Mucosa
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Connective tissue layer enclosing glands, nerves, and vessels
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Submucosa
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Smooth muscle, generally two layers
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Muscularis (externa)
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Outer, 2 forms: serous, in the peritoneal cavity –
collagenous, outside the peritoneal cavity- |
Serosa (visceral peritoneum)
Adventitia |
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What do we call thick rings of the circular layer of smooth muscle in these tubes that act as valves to control the movement of materials through the digestive tract?
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Sphincters
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What is the generic term for the double sheets of parietal peritoneum that encase areolar connective tissue, along with vessels and nerves, which stabilize the digestive tract?
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Mesentaries
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Match the specific mesenteries to their location.
*Between the liver and lesser curvature of the stomach |
Lesser Omentum
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Match the specific mesenteries to their location.
*B/W the greater curvature of the stomach and transverse colon, extending as an apron over the small intestines |
Greater Omentum
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Match the specific mesenteries to their location
*Attaching the loops of the small intestine to the body wall |
Mesentary proper
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Match the specific mesenteries to their location
*Attaching the large intestine to the body wall |
Mesocolon
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Match the technical term for the following oral cavity components to their description.
*Lips |
Labia
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Match the technical term for the following oral cavity components to their description.
*Gums |
Gingivae
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Match the technical term for the following oral cavity components to their description.
*Mucous membrane fold connecting tongue to floor of mouth |
Lingual Frenulum
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Match the technical term for the following oral cavity components to their description.
*Medial dangling portion of soft palate |
Uvula
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What is the function of the uvula?
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Prevents food from entering the pharynx prematurely
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Match the technical term for the following oral cavity components to their description.
*Entrance to the oropharynx |
Fauces
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Salivary Gland that is Inferior to the zygomatic arch, partially overlaying the masseter
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Parotid Salivary Glands
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Salivary Gland that is Floor of the mouth, just below tongue
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Sublingual salivary Glands
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Salivary glands that are on the Floor of the mouth, medial and inferior to the mandible (gleeking)
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Submandibular Salivary Glands
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Teeth layer of tissue that is Outer, hardest biological substance
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Enamel
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Teeth layer of tissue that is Bulk of tooth, mineralized matrix similar to bone –
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Dentine
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Teeth layer of tissue that is Inner, spongy and vascular, contains vessels and nerves
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Pulp Cavity
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What do we call the bony socket in which we find a tooth?
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Alveolus
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What do we call the portion of a tooth within the bony socket?
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Root
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What do we call the visible portion of the tooth, covered in enamel?
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Crown
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Type of tooth that is Blade/chisel-shaped in the front of the mouth, single root
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Incisors
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Type of tooth that is Conical, sharp, single root
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Cuspids or Canines
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Type of tooth that is Flattened crown with ridges, one or two roots
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Bicuspids
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Type of tooth that is Large, flattened crowns with 3+ roots
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Molars
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How many teeth are found in an adult with wisdom teeth?
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32
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How many teeth are found in the deciduous or baby set of teeth?
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20
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Opposing tooth surface that faces the midline |
Mesial
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Opposing tooth surface that faces the away from the midline |
Distal
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Inner surface of tooth in upper row |
Palatal
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Inner surface of tooth in lower row |
Lingual
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Outer surface of tooth by cheeks |
Buccal
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Outer surface of tooth by lips |
Labial
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Match the tooth surface to its description.
Surface where upper and lower teeth contact |
Occlusal
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How do we number the teeth?
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#1 is the upper right molar
#32 is the back, lower right molar #16 is the back upper left molar #17 is the back lower right molar |
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What is the name of the common passageway for food and air?
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Pharynx
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What is the name of the muscular tube transports food from the pharynx to the stomach?
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Esophagus
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What is the name of the opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes?
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Esophageal Hiatus (site of hiatal hernias)
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What do we call the lower sphincter of the esophagus(between the esophagus and the stomach) that is associated with heart burn (also called the lower esophageal sphincter or gastroesophageal sphincter)?
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Cardiac Sphincter
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What J-shaped expansion of the digestive tract has an extra layer of smooth muscle (oblique) to assist in mechanical churning of food and glands that produce acid and a proteolytic enzyme?
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Stomach
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What ring of muscle regulates the flow of material from the stomach to the small intestine?
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Piloric Sphincter
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What do we call the soupy, acidic mixture of partially digested food that leaves the stomach?
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Chyme
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What part of the digestive tract plays the primary role in digestion and absorption of nutrients?
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Small intestine
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Level of structure that increases the surface area of the small intestine
Large, transverse folds, most apparent in jejunum – |
Plicae Circulares
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Level of structure that increases the surface area of the small intestine
Finger-like projections of inner mucous membrane with vessels |
Villi
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Level of structure that increases the surface area of the small intestine
Extensions of the plasma membrane on the epithelium |
Microvilli
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What do we call the lymphatic capillary within each finger-like projection of the intestinal wall that picks up lipids from the digestive tract?
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Lacteal
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Match the 3 regions of the small intestine to their description
*First, short, c-shaped (contains head of pancreas) |
Duodenum
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Match the 3 regions of the small intestine to their description
Second, longer, site of most absorption/most folds |
Jejunum
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Match the 3 regions of the small intestine to their description
Last, longest, fewer folds more lymphatic tissue |
Ileum
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What part of the digestive tract serves to reabsorb water, absorb vitamins, and store feces prior to defecation (it also has abundant goblet cells)?
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Large intestine
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What valve regulates the passage of materials from the small intestine into the large intestine?
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Ileocecal Valve
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What do we call the pouches of the large intestine that allow it to elongate?
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Haustra
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What do we call the 3 bands of longitudinal smooth muscle that help form Haustra?
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Taeniae Coli
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What do we call the globs of fat that attach to Taeniae Coli?
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Omental Appendices
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What expanded pouch forms the beginning of the large intestine?
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Cecum
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What slender, hollow organ dominated by lymphatic nodules comes off of this pouch?
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Appendix
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
Travels superiorly on the right side of the abdomen |
Ascending Colon
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
Curve to the left (between ascending and transverse) |
Hepatic Flexure or Right Colic Flexure
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
Travels to the left across abdomen |
Transverse Colon
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
Curve inferiorly (between transverse and descending) |
Splenic Flexure or Left Colic Flexure
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
Travels inferiorly on the left side of the abdomen |
Descending Colon
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Match the portions of the colon to their location/description,
S-shaped, from iliac fossa to midline of lower abdomen |
Sigmoid Colon
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What final, expanded section of the large intestine triggers the defecation reflex when its walls are stretched by feces?
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Rectum
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What do we call the orifice at the end of the large intestine?
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Anus
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Anus sphincter which is Involuntary, smooth muscle
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Internal Anal Sphincter
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Anus sphincter which is Voluntary, skeletal muscle
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External Anal Sphincter
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What organ, the largest visceral organ in the body, is located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen?
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Liver
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List the 3 general categories of liver function.
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Metabolic Regulation- Store/mobilize nutrients
Hematological Regulation- Reservoir/Filter/Synthesize Plasma Proteins Synthesis & Secretion of Bile- Dilute/Buffer Chime, Emulsify (help lipids mix in water) |
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List the four lobes of the liver (as indicated by superficial landmarks) and indicate the landmarks that help discriminate between the two minor lobes.
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Left
Right-Bigger Quadrate-Gallbladder Caudate-Inferior Vena Cava |
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What piece of mesentery divides the left and right lobes anteriorly?
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Falciform Ligament
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What thickened inferior portion of the falciform ligament is the remains of the umbilical vein?
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Round Ligament of the liver or *Ligamentum Teres*
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What pear-shaped organ on the inferior aspect of the liver is a muscular sac for bile storage?
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Gallbladder
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What glandular organ, lying deep to the stomach, extends from the c-shaped section of the small intestine to the spleen?
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Pancreas
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Collect bile from the liver’s lobes |
L & R Hepatic Ducts
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Unites ducts from each lobe into a single duct |
Common Hepatic Duct
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Carries bile to or from the gallbladderCarries bile to or from the gallbladder |
Cystic Duct
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Carries bile from liver and gallbladder to intestines |
Common Bile Duct
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Enlargement and valve where bile joins secretions from pancreas |
Hepatopancreatic Ampulla/Sphincter
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Match the portion of the biliary apparatus to its description.
Raised projection/opening into small intestine (duodenum) |
Major Duodenal Papilla
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