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58 Cards in this Set
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Opening to the oral cavity |
Mouth |
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Consume/ingest |
To eat and drink by putting food through the mouth and into the oral cavity |
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Food |
Solid substance that is consumed |
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Bolus |
Small rounded food mass that has been chewed and mixed with saliva |
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What does the lower esophageal sphincter dofum |
Relax to let bolus into stomach, contacts prevent regurgitation of stomach contents of the esophagus |
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Fundus |
Part of an organ furthest from its opening |
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What does the pyloric sphincter control |
When food is released into the duodenum |
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Rugae |
Fold; ridges (increase surface area and allow for expansion) |
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Chyme |
Pulpy food substance that has mixed with gastric juices |
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Gastr whene |
Stomach |
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Where does the majority of digestion and absorption happen |
Small intestine |
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Digestion |
Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food |
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Absorption |
Process of taking molecules from digested food into the body |
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What do plicae circulares (circular folds) do |
Increase surface area of small intestine |
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Three regions of large intestine |
Cecum, colon, rectum |
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Main function of large intestine |
Dehydrated and compact feces for defecation |
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Dehydrate |
To remove water to make dryer |
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Compact |
To make more dense; compress |
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Feces |
Waste matter (excrement) from digested food |
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Defecation |
Discharge of feces from the bowel |
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Flexure |
Bend or curve |
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Longitudinal band of muscle that spans the entire length of large intestine |
Tenia coli |
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How many tenia coli are there |
3 |
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What are pockets in the colon that help segment feces |
Haustra |
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What are the fatty appendages on the colon |
Epiploic appendages |
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We have voluntary control over |
External anal sphincter |
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External opening at the end of the rectum |
Anus |
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How many teeth do most adults have |
32, 16 anchored in alveoli on mandible, 16 anchored in alveoli on maxilla (last four molars are wisdom teeth) |
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Den |
Tooth |
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Liver produces |
Bile; greenish brown alkaline fluid that aids in digestion by emulsifying fats |
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Attached liver to bottom of diaphragm |
Coronary ligament |
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Attached liver to back of the anterior abdominal wall |
Falciform ligament |
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Stored and concentrates bile |
Gallbladder |
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Main pancreatic duct combines with |
Common bile duct to form hepatopancreatic ampulla |
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Controls the flow of bile and pancreatic juices through the ampulla and out the major duodenal papilla |
Hepatopancreatic sphincter |
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Accessory pancreatic duct leads to |
Minor duodenal papilla |
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What does the spleen do |
Stores platelets and WBC, recycles old RBC, helps maintain the level of debris circulating in the body |
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What trains and matures T-cells |
Thymus |
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Micturition |
Urination |
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Retro |
Behind |
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Supra |
Above |
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Ren |
Kidneys |
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What is contained within the renal sinus |
Calyces, pelvis, blood vessels, adipose |
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Glomerulus |
Cluster of small blood vessels; where waste is filtered out of blood |
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Convoluted |
Folded, twisted, coiled |
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Loop of Henle extends into the |
Renal medulla and pyramids |
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Cortical radiate are named because they |
Radiate around the cortex of the kidney |
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Afferent |
Conducting inward; toward something |
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Efferent |
Conducting outward; away from something |
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Peri |
Around |
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Tunic |
Membranous sheath enveloping an organ |
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Alb |
White |
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Rete |
Net |
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Semen |
Mixture of sperm and supporting fluids |
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Ejaculation |
Discharge of semen from the male reproductive tract |
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Corpora cavernosa |
Cavernous bodies |
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Os |
Opening |
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Labi |
Lips |
