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anatomy digestive
digestive system
Question | Answer |
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where the digestive tract is not covered in serosa, it is covered by a fibrous connective tissue called... | plexus of Auerbauch (meyenteric plexus) |
has only its anterior surface covered by peritoneum | a retroperitoneal structure |
what is composed of simple columnar cells, covered by thick viscous mucus, is constantly replaced, has folds called rugae? | the lining of the stomach |
lumen, mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa | the digestive tube layers |
spleen | is not part of the digestive tract |
esophagus, pharynx | are part of the digestive tract |
the gall bladder | stores bile |
muscularis mucosae | muscle layer nearest to the lumen |
what are sheets of serous membrane that suspend portions of the digestive tract within the peritoneal cavity? | mesenteries |
what double sheets of peritoneal membrane provide an access route to digestive structures for nerves, lympphatics and blood vessles? | mesenteries |
are salivary glands | parotid, sublingual, submandibular |
are not salivary glands | geniculate, maxillary |
suspends the transverse colon in the abdominal cavity | transverse mesocolon |
a hollow muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach | esophagus |
the tongue bumps are called | papillae |
increase surface area for digestion and absorption in the SI | microvilli |
the first intestinal segment entered by materials that leave the stomach through the pyloris | duodenum |
the hardest body surface | enamel |
not an accessory digestive organ | spleen |
gall bladder ,liver ,pancreas, salivary glands | |
cystic duct & common hepatic duct | unite to form the common bile duct |
visible portion of a tooth | crown |
curve of the duodenum | head of the pancreas is most closely associated with |
lobule | basic functional unit of the liver |
hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery, bile duct | hepatic (portal) triad branches |
pepsinogen | secreted by Chief cells |
hiatus | opening in the diaphragm |
ilium | longest portion of the small intestine |