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DIGESTIVE
FINALS MEDTERM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wave-like contractions of the organ walks, moves food through the digestive tract and also moves undigested waste material out of the body | Peristalsis |
| it is needed throughout the digestive process | Enzymes |
| used to bite and chew food. | Mouth |
| swallows food by reflex action and moves it into the esophagus | Pharynx |
| stores food; churns to mix food with water and digestive juices | Stomach |
| It secretes enzymes; receives secretions from the accessory organs. | Small Intestine |
| forms, stores, and eliminates undigested waste material | Large Intestine |
| they help in care of the mouth and teeth | Dental Hygienists |
| it secretes saliva into the mouth and are considered to be accessory digestive organs | Salivary Glands |
| secretes bile salts that break down fats | Liver |
| stores bile and releases it into the digestive tract when needed | Gallbladder |
| secreterd a variety of digestive enzymes; also secretes bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid and water to dilute food | Pancreas |
| the distal opening of the digestive tract | Anus |
| the fluid secreted by the liver that emulsifies fats and aids in their absorption | Bile |
| a blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine | Cecum |
| The major portion of the large intestine | Colon |
| the duct carries bile into the duodenum | Common Bile Duct |
| the first portion of the small intestine | Duodenum |
| an organic catalyst; speed the rate of chemical reactions | Enzyme |
| the muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach | Esophagus |
| a special circulatory pathway that brings blood directly from the abdominal organs to the liver for processing | Hepatic Portal System |
| the terminal portion of the small intestine | Ileum |
| it functions in digestion, absorption, and elimination of waste | Intestine |
| the middle portion of the small intestine | Jejunum |
| a lymphatic capillary in a villus of the small intestine | Lacteal |
| it means "chewing" | Mastication |
| the partition between the mouth and nasal cavity | Palate |
| a common passageway for food entering the esophagus and and air entering the larynx | Pharynx |
| the stomach's distal opening into the duodenum | Pylorus |
| the distal protion of the large intestine | Rectum |
| distal S-shaped portion of the large intestine located between the descending colon and the rectum | Sigmoid Colon |
| Bucco | Cheek |
| dent/o or dent/i | tooth, teeth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| labi/o | lip |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| sial/o | saliva |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| proct/o | rectum |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| is the protusion of an organ through an abnormal opening | Hernia |
| Most common type of hernia | Inguinal hernia |
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