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chapter 5 digestive
digestive voab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absorption | passage of material through the walls of the small intestine |
| amino acid | building blocks of protien |
| amylase | enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch |
| anus | opening of the digest tract to the outside of the body |
| appendix | blind pouch hanging from the cecum |
| bile | digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder |
| bilirubin | pigment released by the liver in the bile |
| bowel | intestine |
| canine teeth | dog teeth;next to the incisiors |
| cecum | first part of the large intestine |
| chyme | semifluid mass of partially digested food expelled into the duodenum |
| colon | large intestine consisting of the cecum : ascending, transverse, and descending segments of the colon; and the rectum |
| common bile duct | carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodendum |
| defecation | elimination of feces |
| deglutition | swallowing |
| dentin | major tissue composing teeth covered by the enamel |
| digestion | breakdown of complex food into simpler food |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine |
| elimination | act of removal of materials from the body |
| emulsification | physical breaking up large fat globule into smaller globule thereby increasing the surface area the surface area that enyzmes can use to digest the fat |
| enamel | hard outermost layer of the tooth |
| enzyme | a chemical that speeds up a reaction between substance. Digestive enyzmes are given names with -ase |
| esophagus | tube connectin the throat to the stomach |
| epiglottis | flap of cartilage located in the throat behind the tongue and in front of the larynx |
| fatty acids | substance s produced when fat are digested |
| feces | solid waste |
| gallbladder | small sac under the liver: stores bile |
| glucose | simple sugar |
| glycogen | starch;glucose that is stored in the liver |
| hydrochloric acid | substance produced by the stomach |
| ileum | third part of the small intestine |
| incisior | one of four front teeth |
| insulin | hormone produced by the endocrine cells of the pancreas |
| jejunum | second part of the small intestine |
| lipase | pancreatic enzyme nessecary to digest fats |
| liver | large organ located in RUQ of the abdomen ; liver secretes bile |
| mastication | chewing |
| molar teeth | sixth,seventh, eighth teeth from the middle on either side of the dental arch |
| palate | roof of the mouth |
| pancreas | organ under the stomach ;produces insulin |
| perstalisis | wave like motion in the organs |
| pharynx | throat; the common passageway for food |
| protease | enzyme that digest protien |
| pulp | soft tissue within a tooth |
| pyloric sphincter | ring muscle at the end of the stomach |
| pylorus | distal region of the stomach;opening of duodenum |
| rectum | last section of the large intestine; connecting the end of the colon and the anus |
| rugae | ridges on the hard palate and the wall of the stomach |
| saliva | digestive juices produced by salivary glands |
| salivary glands | submandibular,sublingual, and parotid glands |
| sigmoid colon | fourth and last part of the s shaped segment of colon just before the rectum |
| sphincter | circular ring of muscle that constricts a passage or closes a natural opening |
| stomach | a muscular organ that recieves food from the esophagus |
| villi | microscopic projections in the wall of the small intestine that absorb nutrients into the bloodstream |
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