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Southeastern Institute - Digestive System

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Functions of the Digestive System   Ingestion, digestion, absorption& defecation  
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Ingestion   Orally taking in food & drink  
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Digestion   Mechanical & chemical process of mixing food with enzymes and converting it to an absorbable state  
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Absorption   Products of digestion move to blood then to the cells  
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Defecation   Eliminating indigestible or unabsorbed material form the body  
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Alimentary Canal   Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract, Mostly coiled passageway that goes from mouth to anus, Includes oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine  
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Tunics   Layers of the GI tract that produce and secrete enzymes  
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What kind of muscle is mostly found in the digestive system?   Smooth muscle  
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Tonic contraction   Sustained contraction in sphincter muscles  
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Sphincter   A ring of muscle fibers that regulate movement of materials from one compartment to another  
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Peristalsis   Rhythmic muscle contraction that occurs behind bolus (partially digested food)  
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Peritoneum   Envelopes entire abdominal wall, Largest serous membrane in body, Allows digestive & visceral organs to slide easily against abdominal wall without friction, Includes mesenteries, parietal & visceral peritoneum, and greater & lesser omentum  
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Mesenteries   Fatty apron, Fan shaped peritoneum that connects all divisions of small intestines  
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Oral Cavity   Mouth, Port of entry for food & drink,Tongue, teeth, gums & salivary duct openings, Where digestion begins  
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Mastication   Chewing  
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Gustatory Organs   Taste buds, Chemoreceptors  
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Deglutition   Swallowing  
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Saliva   Initiates digestion of starches & fatsPharynx  
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Esophagus   Gullet, Muscular tube that connects pharynx to stomach, lining secretes mucus to help transport food  
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Stomach   J-shaped organ, enlargement of GI tract bound by sphincters  
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Cardioesophageal sphincter   Sphincter between esophagus and stomach  
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Pyloric sphincter   Sphincter between stomach and small intestine  
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Rugae   Folds in stomach’s lining to allow for expansion  
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Bolus   Partially digested food  
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Chyme   What bolus becomes after being processed in the stomach  
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G cells   Endocrine cells that secrete hormone gastrin  
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Parietal cells   Exocrine, Required to absorb B12 and produces hydrochloric acid  
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Chief cells   Pepsinogin for protein digestion and protects gastric lining  
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Small Intestine   Responsible for 90% of all absorption. longest section of alimentary canal  
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Ileocecal sphincter   Sphincter that connects small intestine to large intestine  
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Villi   Fingerlike projections that house blood & lymph capillaries  
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Microvilli   “brush border”, contains Lacteals which are lymphatic capillaries located in a villus  
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Duodenum   First section of small intestine  
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Sphincter of Oddi   Sphincter found in the duodenum that regulates secretions of pancreas, liver & gallbladder  
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Jejunum   Intermediate portion of the small intestine, Absorption of water  
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Ileum   Last portion of small intestine, fat absorption  
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Large Intestine   Colon, makes mucus  
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Flexures   Curves in the colon  
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Cecum   First section of the colon  
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Ileocecal Sphincter   Sphincter between small and large intestine  
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Vermiform Appendix   Suspended inferiorly from the cecum  
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Ascending Colon   Part of colon between cecum and Hepatic flexure  
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Hepatic flexure   Between ascending and transverse colon  
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Transverse Colon   Between hepatic and splenic flexures  
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Splenic flexure   Flexure between transverse & descending colon  
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Descending Colon   Between splenic flexure and sigmoid colon  
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Sigmoid Colon   Between descending colon and rectum  
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Rectum   Connects colon to anus and is used for storage  
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Liver   Largest internal organ, more than 500 functions, makes bile, stores vitamins A, D, E, & K and minerals, Detoxes toxic substances and those that can’t be broken down are stored  
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Gallbladder   Stores and concentrates bile manufactured by the liver  
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Pancreas   Inferior & posterior to the stomach, produces (or secretes) digestive enzymes, break down proteins, carbs & fats, Most important digestive gland  
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Proteins   Organic compounds that contain large combinations of amino acids, 8 essential amino acids  
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Carbohydrates   Body’s preferred source of energy, Mediated by insulin, Starches and sugars,Required for metabolism of other nutrients  
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Fats   Lipids or fatty acids, Can be solid or liquid  
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Saturated Fat   Bad fats, Solid at room temperature, Lard, processed oils  
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Unsaturated Fat   Good fats, Olive, peanut, flaxseed, sesame oils, Liquid at room temperature  
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Vitamins   Organic compounds essential for normal physiological & metabolic functioning  
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Fat soluble vitamins   Stored in body, A, D, E, K  
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Water soluble vitamins   Not stored in bodyMust be ingested regularly, B & C  
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Minerals   Essential non-organic compounds,Only need trace amounts,Vital in regulating many bodily functions, Referred to as metal, nonmetal, radical, or phosphate rather than compound name  
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Water   Every part of the body needs this nutrient, Except for skin it surrounds every cell, All nutrients & wastes travel through ______-based fluids  
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