Digestive System And Body Metabolism

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Breakdown of ingested food

Absorption of nutrients into the blood.

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Digestion

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Production of cellular ATP

Constructive and degradative cellular activities

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Metabolism

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Two main groups of digestive system

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Alimentary canal & Accessory digestive organs

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Continuous coiled hollow tube

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Alimentary canal

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Organs of Alimentary canal

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Mouth

Pharynx

Esophagus

Stomach

Small Intestine

Large Intestine

Anus

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MPESSLA

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Protect the anterior opening of Oral Cavity

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Lips or Labia

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Forms the lateral walls

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Cheeks

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Forms the anterior roof

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Hard palate

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Forms the posterior roof

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Soft palate

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Fleshy projection of the soft palate

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Uvula

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Space between lips externally and teeth and gums internally

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Vestibule

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Area contained by the teeth

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Oral Cavity

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Attached at hyoid and styloid processes of the skull, and by the lingual frenulum

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Tongue

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Two types of tonsils found in oral Cavity

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Palatine tonsil & lingual tonsil

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Other term for chewing

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Mastication

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The processes of the mouth

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Mastication (chewing) of food

Mixing masticated food with saliva

Initiation of swallowing by the tongue

Allowing for the sense of taste

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In the Pharynx anatomy, it is not part of the digestive system

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Nasopharynx

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It is posterior to oral Cavity

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Oropharynx

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Below to oropharynx and connected to the esophagus

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Laryngopharynx

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Pharynx Function

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Serves as a passageway for air and food

Food is propelled to the esophagus by two muscle layers

Food movement is by alternating contractions of the muscle layers

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What are the two muscle layers involved

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Longitudinal inner layer

Circular outer layer

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Food movement is also called?

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Peristalsis

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Runs from pharynx to stomach through the diaphragm

Conducts food by peristalsis

Passageway for food only

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Esophagus

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Layers of Alimentary canal organs

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Mucosa

Submucosa

Muscularis externa

Serosa

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Innermost layer

Moist membrane

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Mucosa

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Consist of:

Surface epitheliumSmall amount of connective tissue (lamina propria)Small smooth muscle layer

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Just beneath the mucosa

Soft connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings,and lymphatics

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Submucosa

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A smooth muscle

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Muscularis externa

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Consist of;

Inner circular layerOuter longitudinal layer

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The outermost layer (visceral peritoneum)

Layer of serous fluid-producing cells

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Serosa

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Serous

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Three separate Networks of nerve Fibers

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Submucosal nerve plexus

Myenteric nerve plexus

Subserous plexus

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Located on the left side of the abdominal cavity

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Stomach

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Food enters at the _____

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Cardioesophageal sphincter

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Food empties into the small intestine at the _____

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Phyloric sphincter

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Internal folds of the mucosa

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Rugae

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Internal regions of the stomach

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Lesser curvature

Greater curvature

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Layers of peritoneum attached to the stomach

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Lesser omentum & greater omentum

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It also contains fat to insulate, cushion and protect abdominal organs

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Attaches the liver to the lesser curvature

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Lesser omentum

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Attaches the greater curvature to the posterior body wall

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Greater omentum

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Stomach functions

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Acts as a storage tank for food

Site of food breakdown

Chemical breakdown of protein begins

Delivers chyme to the small intestine

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What is chyme

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Processed food

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Produce a sticky alkaline mucus

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Mucous neck cells

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Secrete gastric juice

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Gastric glands

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Produce protein-digesting enzymes (pepsinoogens)

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Chief cells

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Produce hydrochloric acid

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Parietal cells

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Produce gastrin

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Endocrine cells

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Formed by folded mucosa

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Gastric pits

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Structure of the stomach mucosa

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The body's major digestive organ

Site of nutrient absorption into the blood

Muscular tube extending form the phyloric sphincter to the ileocecal valve

Suspended from the posterior abdominal wall by the mesentery

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Small intestine

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3 Subdivisions of the small intestine:

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Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

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Attached to the stomach

Curves around the head of the pancreas

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Duodenum

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Attaches anteriorly to the duodenum

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Jejunum

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Extends from jejunum to large intestine

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Ileum

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Enters and stores bile

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Gallbladder

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Small projections of the plasma membrane

Found on absorptive cellls

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Microvilli of the small intestine

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Structures involved in absorption of nutrients;

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Absorptive cells

Blood capillaries

Lacteals

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A

B

L

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Specialized lymphatic capillaries

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Lacteals

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Called circular folds or plicae circulares

Deep folds of mucosa and submucosa

Do not disappear when filled with food

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Folds of small intestine

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The submucosa has _____

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Peyer's patches

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Collections of lymphatic tissue

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Larger in diameter but shorter than the small intestine

Frames the internal abdomen

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Large intestine