Mblex Digestive System

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The process of converting food into substances capable of being used by cells for nourishment

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Digestion

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The process in which digested nutrients are transferred from the intestines to the blood or lymph vessels

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Absorption

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Alimentary canal consists of

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Mouth pharynx esophagus stomach small n large intestines

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Other names for alimentary canal

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Gastrointestinal or digestive tract

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Accessory organs include

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Teeth tongue salivary glands pancreas liver gallbladder

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Act on food and break it down chemically

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Enzymes n digestive juices

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Prepares food for entrance into stomach

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Oral cavity

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Another word for chewing or breaking down the food

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Mastication

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Contains enzymes that begin to digest carbs

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Saliva

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The ball created by the action of teeth tongue and saliva

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Bolus

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What are the 4 layers of the alimentary canal

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Mucosa submucosa muscular layer and serous layer

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Layer of alimentary canal made up of epithelial cells, connective tissue, and digestive glands that protects underlying tissues and functions to carry on secretion and absorption

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Mucosa

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Layer of alimentary canal made up of connective tissue, nerves, and blood and lymph vessels that serve to nourish the surrounding tissues and carry away absorbed material

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Submucosa

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Layer of alimentary canal composed of 2 layers of smooth muscle. The inner layer squeezes and outer layer shortens.

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Muscular layer

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Layer of alimentary canal that is the outer layer which is continuous with the peritoneum that lines the abdominal cavity

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Serous layer

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From the esophagus the food passes through the

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Cardiac sphincter

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The mixture of digestive juices, mucus, and food materials produced by churning in stomach

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Chyme

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The chyme passes through the _____ and into the duodenum of the small intestine

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Pyloric sphincter

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Muscular valves that allow the passage of food substances in only one direction

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Sphincters

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The wavelike muscular action of alimentary canal

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Peristalsis

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Determines how long food is held in stomach

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Pyloric sphincter

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Longest part of alimentary canal

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Small intestines

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3 parts of small intestines

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Duodenum jujenum ileum

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Thousands of glands in intestinal walls produce

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Intestinal juices

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Bile from liver and pancreatic fluids are poured into

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Duodenum

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Bile is carried through the ____ and is essential for breakdown of fats

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Common bile duct

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Pancreatic fluid contains enzymes that digest

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Proteins carbs and fat

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Small fingerlike projections covering the intestinal walls that greatly increase surface area for absorption; contains a network of blood and lymph capillaries (lacteals)

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Villi

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Nutrients absorbed into bloodstream are carried into

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Liver

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Nutrients absorbed by lymph flow through ____ and _____ before entering systemic circulation

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Small intestine

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After small intestine the waste move through the ileocecal valve and into a pouch called the

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Cecum

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The four parts of the colon include

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Ascending transverse descending and sigmoid

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Part of colon that continues upward on right side of abdomen

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Ascending

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Part of colon that travels across abdominal cavity

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Transverse

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Part of colon that continues downward on left side of abdomen

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Descending

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Part of colon left of illiac region that forms an s shaped bend which empties into the rectum

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Sigmoid

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A temporary storage area for waste

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Rectum

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The distal part of lg intestine that ends with the anus from which fecal matter is expelled

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Anal canal

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Enzymes of salivary glands and their function

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Salivary and amylase. Digestion of starch into simple sugars.

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Enzymes of stomach and function

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Pepsin; protein into amino acids

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Enzymes of pancreas and function

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Amylase, trypsin, lipase. Starched proteins fats.

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Enzymes of small intestine juice and function

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Lactase, maltase, sucrase. Complex carbs into simple sugars

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Enzymes of bile and function.

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No enzymes. Fats into fatty acids.

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Functions of colon

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Storing, forming, excreting waste, and regulating bodies water balance

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The bacterial action of colon synthesizes some ____ and _____ vitamins which are reabsorbed into the bloodstream

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B complex and k

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Necessary for building and repairing tissue and releasing heat and energy

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Metabolism

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Total length of alimentary canal

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25 to 30 feet

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Digestion changes sugars n starched into

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Glucose

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What part of intestines is the appendix located

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Cecum

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The epiglottis prevents food from aspirating into the

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Trachea

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Simple sugar is stored in liver in form of

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Glycogen

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Gallbladder functions to

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Store bile, concentrate bile, release bile