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Gastrointestinal System

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What is another name for the Gastrointestinal system?   Digestive System  
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What does the organs of the Digestive System consist of?   Oral Cavity (Mouth) - Stomach-Small Intestine-Large Intestine-Anus  
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What are the 3 major functions of the body?   DIGESTION-ABSORPTION-EXCRETION  
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What is the Almentary Canal is responsible for??   For brining nutrients to the body, selecting what to absorb and reject.  
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What is the GOAL of the ALMENTARY Canal?   To allow nutrients from food to be used as cellular ENERGY  
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How does food break down?   First by MECHANICAL DIGESTION (chewing) and then SECOND by CHECMICAL DIGESTION (enzyme)  
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What are the 3 complex organic molecules found in foods?   FATS-PROTIEN-CARBS  
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How does food move through the body?   VIA Paraistalsis  
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What is the pathway of food traveling through the body?   MOUTH-ESOPHAGUS-STOMACH-SMALL INTESTINES-LARGE INTESTINES-LARGE INSTESTINE  
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T/F If the movement of food via paristalsis is interrferred, can it cause infection?   TRUE  
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The stomach is high in HCL, what does HCL stand for?   HYDROCHLORIC ACID  
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What is REFLUX mean?   When backflow of stomach contents occurs  
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When reflux into the esophagus occurs, it can lead to what?   ULCERS or MUCOSAL BREAK DOWN  
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Peristalsis moves ______ to the small instestine after it has mixed with stomach juices?   CHYME  
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The small intestines breaks down the chyme into what?   Carbs - Protiens and Fats  
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Where is the end product of digestion absorbed into the blood stream through ______ ?   Mucous Membranes  
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The LARGE INTESTINES absorb _____ and _____?   Water and Electrolytes  
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The LARGE INTESTINES eliminates _______ products?   WASTE  
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What does MORALITY MEAN   To Die  
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T/F Eating the wrong foods can cause gastric ulcers?   True  
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What causes Gastric Ulcers?   Helicobacter Pylori  
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T/F Antiemetics is used to treat motion sickness?   True  
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Laxatives can cause Pregnancy Loss   True  
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