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Digestive System part 2

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What is the widest part of the alimentary canal?   the stomach  
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What happens to food in the stomach?   food is churned into semifluid CHYME  
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What controls the rate of delivery of CHYME into the small intestine?   the stomach  
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In the stomach, what destroys bacteria?   the acid environment  
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What is the main function of the stomach and how does it do it?   enzymatic digestion by producing pepsinogen that is converted to pepsin by HCL  
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What is pepsin?   enzyme produced by stomach to digest food  
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Name the parts and curvatures of the stomach.   1. Cardiac Region 2. Fundus 3. Body 4. Pyloric Region 5. Lesser Curvature 6. Great Curvature  
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Where is the cardiac region of the stomach?   adjacent to the esophagus  
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What and where is the Fundus region of the stomach?   1. the stomach's dome (top) 2. tucked under the diaphragm  
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Where is the Body region of the stomach?   lies between the fundus and the pyloric region  
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What region of the stomach controls the entry of chyme into the intestines?   the pyloric region  
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What is the lesser curvature of the stomach?   the concave right border  
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What is the greater curvature of the stomach?   the convex right border  
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What three regions is the pyloric region of the stomach separated into? (from outside in)   1. Pylorus 2. Pyloric canal 3. Pyloric antrum  
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What are the internal folds of mucosa in empty stomach called? What happens to them when the stomach is full   call RUGAE that disappear when stomach is full  
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What three layers is the muscularis externa divided into?   1. longitudinal layer 2. circular layer 3. oblique layer (innermost layer)  
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What kind of cells make up the stomach mucosa and what does the stomach mucosa secrete?   simple columnar epithelium; it secretes coat of bicarbonate-buffered mucus  
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What does bicarbonate-buffered mucus do?   protects the stomach against HCl  
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What is the surface of stomach mucosa dotted with and what do these open up to?   dotted with millions of GASTRIC PITS, which open to tubular GASTRIC GLANDS  
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What are the types of secretory cells in the gastric glands and what do they produce?   1. Parietal cells- HCl and intrinsic factor 2. Chief Cells- Pepsinogen 3. Enteroendocrine cells- gastric hormones  
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What is the longest portion of the alimentary canal?   the small intestine  
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What is the principle site of enzymatic digestion and absorption?   small intestines  
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What are the three subdivisions of the Small Intestines?   1. Duodenum 2. Jejunum 3. Ileum  
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What percentage of the small intestine is the Duodenum and where does it begin?   5% of small intestine and begins at Pylorus  
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What perecentage of the small intestine does Jejunum make up?   40%  
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What percentage of the small intestine is Ileum and where does it end?   60% and it ends at the cecum of large intestine  
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What part of the small intestine receives the chyme?   the duodenum  
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What is the hepatopancreatic ampulla?   where the main pancreatic duct and bile duct enter the wall of the duodenum where they form a bulb  
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What modifications of the small intestine are used for absorption?   1. Circular folds 2. Villi 3. Microvilli  
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What are the type of cells that exist in the intestinal wall?   1. Absorptive Cells 2. Goblet Cells 3. Enteroendocrine cells 4. Intestinal crypts  
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What do the absorptive cells of the intestinal wall do?   uptake digested nutrients  
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What do the goblet cells of the intestinal wall do?   secrete mucus that lubricates chyme and protects lining of intestine  
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What do enteroendocrine cells do?   secrete hormones that stimulate pancreas and gallbladder  
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What are the functions of the large intestine?   1. Re-absorption of electrolytes and water 2. Elimination of undigested food and other stuff  
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Large intestine performs a small amount of what by what?   digestion by bacteria  
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What is initiated several times a day in the large intestine and what is it for?   mass peristalic movements to forces feces toward the rectum  
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What is found in large intestine and not in small intestines?   1. Teniae coli 2. Haustra 3. Epiploic appendages  
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What are the parts of the colon?   1. Cecum 2. Vermiform appendix 3. Colon  
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What is the cecum?   a blind pouch at the beginning of the colon  
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What lies at the junction of ileum and cecum?   ileocecal valves  
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What are the distinct segments of the colon   Ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon  
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The rectum is a continuation of what?   the sigmoid colon  
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What do small intestines have that large intestines don't?   villi and plicae circularis  
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In the large intestines, the epithelium changes here into what?   at anal canal from simple columnar epithelial to stratified squamous epithelium  
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What is the largest gland in the body?   the liver  
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What is digestive function of the liver?   bile production  
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Where does the liver lie?   in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen  
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The liver has what type of surface?   diaphragmatic and visceral surface  
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How many lobes does the liver have and what are there names?   1. Right 2. Left 3. Quadrate 4. Caudate  
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How do most vessels enter or leave the liver?   via the porta hepatis  
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What are Kupffer cells?   liver macrophages that remove debris from the blood  
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The gallbladder is connected to what organ and how?   the liver by the hepatic duct  
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What does the gallbladder do?   concentrates bile that comes from the liver and stores it  
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What does the gallbladder do when stimulated?   expels bile into duodenum via cystic and bile duct  
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Where does the pancreas run?   horizontally across the posterior abdominal wall between the duodenum and the spleen  
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What type organ is the pancreas? (Interperitoneal or Retro-Peritoneal)   Retro-Peritoneal  
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What Acinar cells? (EXOCRINE gland function)   cells in PANCREAS that store enzymes that break down a lot of stuff  
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Enzymes of the pancreas are activated in what?   the duodenum  
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What is the ENDOCRINE gland function of the pancreas?   produces insulin and glucagon in pancreatic islets REGULATE BLOOD SUGAR  
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What is inflammatory bowel disease and give examples?   inflammation of the intestinal wall i.e. crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis  
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What is Viral hepatitis? (digestive system disorder)   inflammation of liver of viral origin  
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