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42 Cards in this Set
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Incisors |
Cutting food |
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Cuspids |
Tearing food |
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Premolars |
Crushing food |
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Molars |
Grind food |
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Enamel |
Covers & protects the dentin of the crown |
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Root & Root Canal |
Supplies the pulp cavity with blood |
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Esophagus |
Transport solid food & liquid from the pharynx to the stomach |
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Tongue |
Mixing chewed food with saliva to form bolus |
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Papillae |
Provide a rough surface to assist in mixing food |
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Taste Buds |
Chemoreception of taste |
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Uvula |
Seals off nasopharynx during deglutition |
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Salivary Glands |
Secrete saliva |
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Mucous Acini |
Produce a viscous mucous |
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Serous Acini |
Produce a watery mucous |
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Parotid Ducts |
Transports serous secretions to the oral cavity |
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Stomach |
Mechanical digestion |
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Goblet Cells |
Secretes mucin |
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Parietal Cells |
Secretes hydrochloric acid |
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Chief Cells |
Secretes pepsinogen |
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Pyloric Sphincter |
Regulates the passage of chyme from the stomach to the duodenum |
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Small Intestine |
Digestion & absorption of nutrients |
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Lymphoid Tissue |
Defense against pathogens |
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Duodenal Gland |
Produce a mucoid alkaline secretion to counteract acidity |
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Intestinal Glands |
Contain stem cells |
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Peyer's Patches |
Defends the ileum from resident bacteria in the colon |
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Circular Folds |
Increase surface area for absorption |
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Goblet Cells |
Produce lubrication mucus |
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Villi |
Increase surface area for absorption |
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Large Intestine |
Reabsorption of water from feces |
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Taeniae Coli |
Creates haustra |
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Intestinal Glands |
Produces stem cells |
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Goblet Cells |
Eject mucins onto intestinal surfaces |
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Liver |
Metabolic regulation |
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Left & Right Hepatic Ducts |
Collect bile from all the bile ducts of the liver lobes |
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Common Hepatic Duct |
Collects secretions from left & right hepatic ducts |
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Common Bile Duct |
Transports bile into the duodenum |
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Gall Bladder |
Concentration & storage of bile |
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Smooth Muscle |
Ejects bile into cystic duct |
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Cystic Duct |
Transports bile from the gall bladder to the common bile duct |
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Pancreas |
Secretes pancreatic juice responsible for the bulk of chemical digestion |
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Pancreatic Duct |
Transports pancreatic juice into the duodenum |
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Acini |
Secrete digestive enzyme |