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Question	Answer
What is the inner most portion of the GI system	the mucosa
What lies directly below the mucosa	the submucosa
What is the name of the muscle layer	adventitia
What is the name of the outer lining of the bowel	the serosa
progressive contractions that propel food throught the gi system is a process known as	peristalsis
Chewing is sometimes referred to as	mechanical digestion
Food is digested by enzymes in the stomach and small bowel in a process known as	chemical digestion
What region of the gi system serves as the main region for food absorbtion	the small intestine
The chewing of food by the teeth is known as	mastication
The tongue uses touch, temperature, and taste receptors to provide what	sensory analysis
What is the primary enzyme in saliva	salivary amylase
The esophagus passes through an opening in the diaphram known as the	esophageal hiatus
Food that is churned and mixed with digestive juices forms a semiliquid mass called	chyme
The thick folds of the stomach wall are called	rugae
the mucosa includes many what	gastric pits
What cells produce hydrochloric acid for food digestion	perietal cells
what cells produce pepsinogen	Chief cells
Pepsinogen is inactive untill it is exposed to hydrochloric acid,at which time it is converted to it's activated form known as	pepsin
What enzyme breaks down proteins	pepsin
What is the longest part of the digestive tract	the small intestine
the small intestine contains three parts. what are they	the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
What enzyme breaks down sugars	disaccharidases
what enzyme breaks down proteins	peptidases
The jejunum and ileum are the primary sites for what	absorbtion of nutrients
what valve prevents backflow of intestinal contents	ileocecal
What do you call the recesses that give the colon that puckered appearence	haustra
what organ acts as a reservoir for bile	the gallbladder
What organ is the largest internal organ of the body	the liver
what are a few of the livers functions	the storing of glucose, protein synthesis, and filtering of wastes from the blood
what organ is responsible for helping to fight infection and remove red blood cells from circulation	the spleen
what makes insulin,glucagons, and digestive enzymes	the pancreas
name 3 pancreatic enzymes that digest protiens	trypsin,chymotrypsin,carboxypeptidase
what enzymes break down fat	lipases
Digestive organs are surrounded by what	the peritoneum
The perietal peritoneum surrounds what	the abdominal cavity
the visceral peritoneum surrounds what	the organs.