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StudyStack Set 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| deglutition | swallowing |
| enamel | hard, mineralized connective tissue, harder than bone, forms hard covering of exposed tooth surfaces; hardest substance in body |
| intramural plexus | complex arrangement of neurons in the gastrointestinal tract |
| parotid gland | largest of the paired salivary glands |
| xerostomia | condition that results from a dramatic reduction of pro-duction of saliva and tears; dry mouth |
| epipoloic appendage | fatty extension of the periteum on the outer surface of the colon |
| haustra | pouch like segments of the colon formed by dense rings of circular muscle in the colon wall |
| plica | fold or ridge of tissue |
| tuft cell | cell of the intestinal mucosa with an apical tuft or cluster of microvilli that secretes prostaglandins and opioids (endorphins); also called brush cell |
| villus | any of the fingerlike folds covering the plicae of the small intestines |