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CH 17 & 18
Digestive System & Nutrition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Digestion of food is both | Mechanical and Chemical digestion |
| Food enters the digestive tract through | the mouth |
| White patches or leukoplakia developes | in the mouth in users of smokeless tobacco |
| is one of the most common diseases in the developed world | dental caries |
| Gingivitis is the general term | for inflammation of infection of the gums |
| Thrush | is a mouth infection caused by a yeastlike fungal organism |
| Mumps is | the virus that causes the parotid salivary glands to swell |
| Salivary glands | begin the process of chemical digestion |
| Salivary glands produce | amylase which begin the chemical digestion of carbohydrates |
| The pharynx | is a tube like structure that connects the mouth and the esophagus |
| The lower esophageal sphincter | prevents food and gastric juices from backing up into the esophaus |
| chyme is | food mixed with gastric juices in a semisolid mixture |
| In the fundus and pylorus contains sections called | the body |
| with a hiatal hernia it is most likely | the fundus that passes through the diaphram |
| If you eat a big meal the fundus of the stomach | may prevent th diaphram from moving downward and possibly cause you to have trouble taking a deep breath |
| Pylorospasm is | a fairly common condition in infants where food is not able to leave the stomach and move into the small intestines |
| pyloric stenosis is | an obstructive narrowing of the pyloric sphincter |
| An ulcer is | a crater like sore in the stomach or duedenum caused by H pylori |
| The small intestine has | villi and microvilli lining its interior walls to hlp an absorption |
| Gastroenteritis is | small intestine inflammation and stomach inflammation |
| a type of malabsorption syndrome | People who are lactose intolerant do not have enough lactose to digest lactose sugar |
| The liver produces | bile |
| The gallbladder | concentrates and stores bile |
| Chyolelithiasis stimulates | the contraction of the gallbladder to release bile |
| Chyolelithiasis is | the condition of having gall stones |
| Gall stones that block the common bile duct can lead to | jaundice |
| hepatitis is a general term refering to | inflammation of the liver |
| the pancreas is | an exocrine and endocrine gland |
| the pancreas secretes | enzymes that digest all three major kinds of food |
| Absorption of water, salts and vitamins occurs in | the large intestine |
| The order in which material pass through the large intestine is | cecum to asending colon to transverse colon to desending colon |
| diverticulitis is | an inflammation of abdominal saclike out pouchings of the insestinal wall |
| constipation and diarrhea are | peristalsis problems |
| Chrons disease | is a type of autoimmune coloitis |
| People with colonic polyps have increased risk of | colon cancer |
| peritonitis is | the inflammation of the peritoneum |
| ascites is | the abnormal accumilation of fluid in the peritoneal space |
| carbohydrate digestion begins | in the mouth |
| the end product of protein digestions are | amino acids |
| bile causes | mechanical rather than chemical digestion of fats |
| pancreatic juice contains | enzymes that help digest fats, carbohydrates and protein |
| anabolism makes up | metabolism and builds smaller molecules into larger molecules |
| prothrombin and fibrinogen are | plasma protein formed by the liver and play an essential part in blood clotting |
| the liver | detoxifies bacteria toxins in certain drugs and where iron is stored |
| glucose anabolism is called | glycogensis and is carried by the liver and muscle cells |
| the secretion of to little insulin can lead to | hyperglycemia |
| growth hormone and glucogon | help raise bloodsugar levels |
| fat merabolism | is used as a source of energy and anabolised fat is stored in the adipose tissue |
| the body can not store | vitamin c |
| vitamin c dificiency can lead to | scurvy |
| minerals are just as important | as vitamins in maintaining good health |
| anorexia nervosa | is a behavioral disorder |
| bulimia | is a behavioral disorder |
| fever is | a rise in body temp to help fight a pathogen |
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