| Question |
Answer |
| Alimentary Canal |
oral cavity,pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine |
| Accessory Organs |
teeth, tongue, glandular organs |
| A continuous muscular digestive tube that winds through the body and is responsible for digestion |
GI tract (alimentary canal) |
| What does alimentary literally mean? |
aliment + nourish |
| What do the accessory glands (organs) do? |
Produce secretions that aid in the breakdown of food |
| A moists innermost epithelial membrane that lines the alimentary canal lumen from the mouth to the anus. |
Mucosa |
| The protective outermost layer of the intrapertoneal organs formed of areolar connective tissue covered with mesothelium, a single layer of squamous epithlial cells |
Serosa |
| Mucosa can be divided into: |
epithelium, lamina propria, and muscularis mucosae |
| Name the three serous cavities of the human body |
pericardial cavity, pleural cavity and peritoneal cavity |
| the pericardial cavity contains |
the heart |
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