Basic Facts
Nutrients
This accessory organ cleanses the blood of toxins and waste.
these teeth are sharp and are used to cut food
incisors
This organ can have a vomit reflex when needed.
Stomach
Circular folds of the small intestine are covered in these little projections which increase the surface area.
Intestinal villi
Digestion begins with this physical change in which your meal is ingested into bits
Mastication
Gallbladder
This is the technical term for swallowing
deglutition
The large and small intestive have this instead of serosa.
Adventitia
Where fat is absorbed
This is the process of the chemical change in your food
Digestion
Is supposed to be a supportive breeding ground of good bacteria and supports the immune system of the digestive tract.
Appendix
this is the largest salivary gland
parotid
Pepsinogen mixes with what to transform it into the active form of pepsin.
HCl
Exocrine glands of the small intestine and their function
mucous goblet cells, secrete mucus which protects from the chyme.
carbohydrates
Bile is made by this organ. List also its function.
Liver; fat digestion
The wave of smooth muscle that pushes a bolus through the esophagus
peristaltic waves
these are the four layers/tunics found in most of the digestive tract
serosa, muscularis, submucosa, mucosa
Endocrine hormones of the small intestine and its function (there are 2)
1. Secretin, slows the stomach emptying.
2. Cholecystokinin (CCK): causes the gall bladder to release bile into the intestine.
Cough Reflex
produces its own digestive fluid which is released into the small intestines to aid digestion.
Pancreas
the acidic range of the stomach
1-3 pH
Where the stomach connects to the small intestine
pyloric sphyincter + duodemum
The 5 main digestive enzymes of the small intestine