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12 Cards in this Set
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Caecum
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Location:
System: digestive Function: vestigal organ that is the first part of the large intestine + breaks down plant materials |
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Gall Bladder
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System: digestive Function: stores bile |
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Mesentary
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System: digestive Function: tissue that holds intestines in place |
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Greater Omentum
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System: lymphatic Function: tissue that holds the spleen in place |
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Pancreas
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System: digestive & endocrine Function: -regulates blood sugar levels w/ insulin & glycogin (stores glucose as glycogin & changes glucogen to glucose) -produces enzymes to break down carbs, lipids, proteins, and nucleotides -produces sodium biocarbonate to neutralize stomach acid |
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Spleen
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System: lymphatic Function: -blood storage -destroys red blood cells and platelets |
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Stomach
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System: digestive Function: churns and mechanically digests food |
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Umbilical Artery
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System: Circulatory & Excretory Function: tranfers deoxygenated blood & waste out of the fetus [tip for memorizing: Artery = A = Away (from fetus)] |
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Urinary Bladder
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System: Excretory Function: saclike organ in which urine is stored before being excreted out of the body |
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Pyloric Valve
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System: digestive Function: allows digested food out of the somtach to the small intestine |
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Rugae
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System: digestive Function: ridges & folds within the stomach to churn food & increase surface area |
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Cardial Valve/Sphincter
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System: digestive Function: -allows bolas (I think I might've wrote this word wrong, cause I have no idea what a bola is) from esophagus to enter stomach - does not allow stomach acid to enter esophagus |
