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28 Cards in this Set
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The mouth is a cavity (known as the oral cavity) |
Formed by the palate, the lips, cheeks, and tongue |
What is it formed by? |
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Humans have two sets of teeth |
20 baby teeth, and 32 permanent teeth |
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Dentin is? |
Calcified, largely mineral tissue that forms the bulk of the tooth |
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Enamel is? |
Hardest and most compact part of the tooth covers the exposed part of the crown |
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Cementum is? |
The thin layer of bone that covers the dentin of the root, providing protection and anchoring protection |
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The pharynx is? |
Posterior to the mouth, beginning of the tubal component of the digestive tract that leads to the stomach |
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The esophagus is? |
Collapsible tube about 10 inches long that starts at the pharynx ends at the stomach |
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The stomach is? |
Large, muscular, saclike organ. And can hold up to 1, 1.5 liters of food and fluid |
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The small intestine is, |
It is 21 feet long |
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Jejunum |
The fallowing 8 feet after the duodenum |
Part of the small intestine |
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The duodenum is? |
The first 12 feet of the small intestine |
Small intestine |
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Ileum is? |
The last 12 Feet of the small intestine |
Small intestine |
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The large intestine is? |
About 5 feet long and 2.5 inches in diameter |
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What is the function of the small intestine? |
Complete digestion and absorption |
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What are the salivary glands? |
Sailva is produced in response to the sight, smell, and taste. Or even mental image of food. |
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The liver |
Largest glandular organ and weight About 3.5 pounds |
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What does the liver produce? |
Bile, which emulsifies fats |
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What is bile? |
Digestive juice that emulsifies fats |
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The gallbladder |
Is a membranous sac in which bile is stored and concentrated |
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Cholelithiasis |
The presence of gullstones in the gallbladder |
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Colitis |
Inflammation of the large intestine |
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Colorectal cancer is? |
The second leading cause of cancer related deaths of both men and woman in the u.s (after lung cancer) |
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GERD |
Occurs when the cardiac sphincter |
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Obesity, hital hernia, pregnacy and smoking are risk factors of what? |
Gerd |
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Hiatal Hurnia |
The upper portion of the stomach protrudes into the chest cavity |
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Inguinal Hernia |
Occurs when tissue or part of the intestine pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall in the groin area |
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) |
Interferes with normal colon function |
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Pyloric Stenosis |
Develops in some infants, interfering with the flow of food into the intestine |
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