Salivary Glands
This is the purpose of the salivary glands
What is to produce and release saliva into the oral cavity through ducts?
Another word for pharynx?
What is the throat?
Another word for esophagus
What is eating gullet?
Four major regions of the stomach
What are the cardia, fundus, body, and pyloris?
The length of the pancreas
What is 5-6 inches?
These are the three pairs of salivary glands
What are the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands?
The number of sections our pharynx is divided into
What is the number three?
This is the length of the esophagus
What are ten inches?
The digestion of these substances starts in the stomach
What are proteins and triglycerides?
These are the two ducts found in the pancreas
What are the pancreatic and accesory duct?
Secretion of saliva is controlled by this nervous system
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The sections of our pharynx that have both digestive and respiratory functions
What are the oropharynx and laryngopharynx?
Two sphincters formed by the muscularis
What are the upper and lower esophageal sphincter?
Internal folds of mucosa that line the stomach
What are rugae?
The endocrine portion of the pancreas secretes these substances
What are glucagon and insulin?
This gland is located on the floor of the mouth, beneath the tongue
What is the submandibular gland?
Another word for swallowing
What is deglutition?
When a portion of the stomach protrudes up through the esophageal hiatus
What is the hiatal hernia?
Secrete pepsinogen and gastric lipase
What are chief cells?
The enzyme that digests starches
What is pancreatic amylase?
This gland is located near the ears, between the skin and masseter
What are the parotid glands?
Contractions from this type of muscle help propel food to the esophagus
What is skeletal muscle
This sphincter prevents regurgitation of acidic stomach contents
secrete the hormone gastrin into the bloodstream
What are enteroendocrine cells?
The substance in pancreatic juice that acts as a buffer against acidity in chyme
What is sodium bicarbonate?