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Starts at the mouth where it is physically and chemically broken down.
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Digestion
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The digested end products can then be passed through the epithelial cells lining the tract into the blood to be distributed to the body cells
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Absorbtion
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Where does absorbtion take place?
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Small intestine
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Passageway for food
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Digestive tract
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Anterior part of the palate
Roof of the mouth |
Hard palate
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Posterior part of the palate
Floor of the nose |
Soft palate
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Secures the tounge to the floor of the mouth
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Frenulum
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Helps mixing of food we eat
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Tounge
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Behind the nasal cavity
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Nasopharynx
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Extends from the soft palate to the epiglottis
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Oropharynx
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Extends from the epiglottis to the base of the larynx
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Laryngopharynx
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✤ Posterior to the trachea
✤ Extends from the pharynx through the diaphragm to the stomach ✤Passageway of digested food to the stomach ✤ No physical digestion |
Esophagus
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Left side of the abdominal cavity and is hidden by the liver and the diaphragm. (Epigastric region)
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Stomach
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Area surrounding the opening through which food enters the stomach
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Cardiac region / Hypochondriac region
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The expanded portion of the stomach, lateral to the cardiac region
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Fundus
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Midpart of the stomach
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Body
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Terminal part of the stomach
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Pylorus
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1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum 3. Ilium |
What are parts of the small intestine
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✤ Head of the pancreas sits on it
✤ " C " shaped ✤ 10" / 1 feet |
Duodenum
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✤ Absorbing food
✤ 8 feet |
Jejunum
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Why is the small intestine so long?
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Because that is where most of the chemical and absorbtion happens.
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Where is the peyer's patch?
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In the illieum
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What is the peyer's patch?
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Lymph tissue and lymph nodes
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What surrounds the small intestine?
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The large intestine/ colon
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Juction between the small and large intestine
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ileocecal valve
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Suspends the small intestine
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mesentary
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Enzymes produced by the pancreas and ducted into the duodenum via.....?
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✤ The pancreatic duct
✤ Complete the chemical breakdown process in the small intestine |
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Bile formed in the LIVER also enters the duodenum via....?
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✤ Biliary duct
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3 Structural modifications that increase absorbtive area?
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1. Microvilli
2. Villi 3. Plicae circularis |
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Fingerlike projections
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Villi
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Minute projections of the surface plasma membrane of the columnar epithelial cells of the mucosa
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Microvilli
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Deep folds in the small intestine
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Plicae circularis
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Lining of the stomach
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Rugae
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Temporary storage for food
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Stomach
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Most inferior / proximal part and direct contact with the ileum
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Cecum
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Worm like structure attached to the cecum
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Appendix (lymph tissue)
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✤ Largest gland in the body
✤ Inferior to the diaphragm ✤ Right side of the body ✤ 4 lobes |
What is the liver
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No enzymes
Emulsifies fat |
Bile
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Large glands located anterior to the ear and ducting via the parotid duct into the mouth over the second upper molar
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Parotid Gland
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Located along the medial aspect of the mandible in the floor of the mouth and ducting under the toungue close to the frenulum
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Submandibular Glands
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Small glands located most anteriorly in the floor of the mouth and emptying under the toungue via several small ducts
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Sublingual glands
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Soft triangular gland that extends across the posterior abdominal wall from the spleen to the duodenum.
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Pancreas
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Bile backs up in the ? duct and enters the ?
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Cystic Duct
Gallbladder |
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A small, green sac on the inferior surface of the liver
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Gallbladder
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Small pocket like sacks in the large intestine
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Haustra
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Major function of the large intestine
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compact and propel the fecal matter toward the anus and to elimiante it from the body
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Large collections of lymphoid tissue found in the submucosa of the small intestine
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Payer's patches
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Regions that break down foodstuffs mechanically
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Oral cavity and stomach
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Conduit that serves the respiratory system
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Pharynx
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Lies posterior to the trachea
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Esophagus
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Surface projections of a mucosal epithelial cell
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Microvilli
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Valve at the junction of the small and large intestine
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ileocecal valve
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Primary region of enzymatic digestion
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Small intestine
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Area between the teeth and lips/cheeks
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Vestibule
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Carbohydrate digestion starts here
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Oral cavity
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2 layered serous membrane attached to the greater curvature of the stomach
Anchors stomach in place |
Greater omentum
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Organ distal to the small intestine
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Large intestine
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Valve preventing movement of chyme from the duodenum into the stomach
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Pyloric valve
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Location of the hepatopancreatic sphincter through which pacreatic secretions and bile pass
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Small intestine
Duodenum |
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Outermost layer of a digestive organ in the abdominal cavity
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Visceral peritoneum
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Principle site for the synthesis of Vitamins B, K by bacteria
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Large intestine
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Distal end of the alimentary canal
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Anus
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Helps bite and tear food
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Incisors (2) Front
K9 (1) each side |
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help grind and masticate food
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Premolars
Molars |
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Salivary glands make saliva and enzymes/ amalyze...where are they located?
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Parotid (ear)
Sublingual (tounge) Submandibular (jaw) |
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Amalyze
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Only digestion of carbs
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Viral infection of the parotid glands
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Mumps
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Stores bile
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Gallbladder
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