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organs and functions

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6 steps of the process of digestion (1-3)   1. ingestion: taking food into the digestive track 2. propulsion: food moves through alimentary canal. includes swallowing and peristalsis. waves of contraction and relaxation. 3. mechanical digestion: food is prepared for chem digestion  
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6 steps of the process of digestion (4-6)   4. chemical digestion: complex food particles broken down by enzymes 5. absorption: end products move from lumen through mucosal cells 6. defication: eliminates indigestable substances from body  
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Peristalsis   Progressive, wavelike contractions that move foodstuffs through the alimentary canal  
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Mesentary   Double layered extensions of the peritoneum that support most organs in the abdominal cavity  
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Mouth   begins digestive process-- lips, cheeks, palate, uvula, palatoglossal arches, platopharangeal arches, fauces, tongue.  
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Bolus   A rounded mass of food prepared by the mouth for swallowing  
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Teeth   Incisors (8)-- cut/nip of pieces of food. Canines (4)-- tear, pierce. Premolars/Bicuspids (8)and Molars (12)-- grind, crush  
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Pharynx   Involved in swallowing. the passage way that both air and foods are passed through  
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Esophagus   Passageway to stomach.  
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Mastication   Process of mechanically breaking down food.  
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Chyme   Semi-fluid paste of food and gastric juice  
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Stomach   Mixes food with gastric juice, initiates protein digestion, absorbs some nutrients. located in the upper left portion of abdominal cavity  
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Rugae   Folds of the inner mucous membrane of organs, such as the stomach, that allow those organs to expand.  
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Pepsin   A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids  
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Hydrochloric acid   Helps turn the solid food into a liquid that makes digestion possible  
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Intrinsic factor   a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12  
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Small intestine   Completes digestion of chyme, absorbs nutrients, transports waste to large intestine. 1. duodenum (first 25cm), 2. jejunum, 3. ileum  
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Villi and Microvilli   Microscopic projections which cover the intestine, greatly increasing the surface area and therefore, increasing the ability to absorb nutrients  
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Liver   Carb, lipid, and protein metabolism. stores gycogen, iron, vitamins a d and b12  
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Gallbladder   Stores bile which breaks down fat globules and enhances absorption of lipids and vitamins a d e and k  
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Bile salts   Absorbed as whole molecules at the far end of the small intestine and pass up the portal vein to the liver, when they are re-secreted into bile.  
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Pancreas   Secretes juices into the duodenum that contain enzymes that break down carbs, fats, proteins and nucleic acids.  
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Large intestine   1. ascending colon, 2. transverse colon, 3. descending colon, 4. sigmoid colon, 5. rectum.  
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