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| Digestive System consists of? |
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| mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary system, small intestine, large intestine |
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| Digestive system begins and ends where? |
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| Alimentary canal extends to where? |
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| entire length of digestive tract |
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| Salivary glands, teeth cheeks, tongue |
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| Salivary glands digest begin to digest what substance? |
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| Salivary glands contain what glands? |
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| parotids, submandibular and sublingual |
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| Parotid gland is the ________ of the salivary glands? |
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| Sublingual gland is the _________ of the salivary glands? |
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| Teeth perform what function? |
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| cheeks contain what muscles? |
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| Tongue is covered by what? |
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| mucous membrane and papillae |
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| Tongue is both a _________ and ________? |
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| Pushes ingested material to back of oral cavity. |
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| Deglutition is the act of ? |
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| Oropharynx is the beginning of what? |
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| What muscles in the esophagus move ingested material along the tract? |
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| Esophagus has what two sphincters? |
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| Lower esophageal sphincter AKA |
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| Stomach mixes what to form chyme? |
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| ingested material with juices |
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| Muscular structures of stomach walls is important for what? |
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| What are the three muscular layers of the stomach wall? |
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| Longitudinal, circular and oblique |
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| Structures of the stomach consist of what? |
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| Stomach does what with chyme? |
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| empties chyme into small intestine |
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| Stomach empties chyme into small intestine via ____________? |
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| Hepatobiliary system consists of what? |
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| Liver, gall bladder and pancreas |
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| Sinusoids are where _______ takes place? |
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| Portal venous system does what? |
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| carries bloood from digestive tract to liver where it is filtrated before going to vena cava |
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| Liver does what function? |
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| stores glycogen and changes to glucoagon as needed to maintain blood sugar levels between meals |
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| Head of the pancreas is located where? |
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| Tail of the pancreas touches the __________? |
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| Pancreatic ducts extends ? |
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| the length of the pancreas and empties at same point as the common bile duct |
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| the small intestine is how many feet long? |
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| Small intestine consists of ? |
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| duodenum, jejunum and ileum |
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| ____________ takes place in the small intestine? |
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| villi, microvilli and folds of membrane in the small intestine do what? |
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| Provide a large surface area for absorption |
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| Large intestine is __________ _________ of the digestive tract |
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| There are no __________ in the large intestine? |
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| appendix is adjacent to what? |
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| __________ is the begnning and ________ is the end of the large intestine? |
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| The hepatic flexure can be found where in the large intestine? |
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| The splenic flexure can be found where in the large intestine? |
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| large intestine consists of what? |
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| ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum and anus |
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| __________ ___________ lines the abdominal cavity? |
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| parietal peritoneum consists of what? |
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| Mesentery, visceral peritoneum, omentum |
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| fan-shaped projection of parietal peritoneum extends from posterior abdominal wall. |
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| Mesentery is also known as? |
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| Which peritoneum surrounds each organ in the large intestine? |
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| Lesser omentum description? |
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| attaches from liver to lesser curve of the stomach and first part of the duodenum |
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| Greater omentum description? |
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| continuation of greater curve of stomach and duodenum to transverse colon |
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| Retroperitoneum is located where? |
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| Retroperitoneum contains what? |
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| pancreas head, kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, bladder, aorta and inferior vena cava, part of esophagus, part of duodenum, ascneding and descending colon and rectum |
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