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 |