Upper Tract
Mouth and Esophagus
What are the organs that make up the upper tract?
Place where the bolus comes into the stomach from
What is the esophagus?
Our two intestines
What are the small and large intestines?
Three main accessory organs
Compounds your body needs to carry out essential functions
Importance of Epiglottis
What is preventing food from entering the lungs?
Ways the stomach breaks down food
What are chemical digestion and mechanical digestion?
The way chyme moves through the intestines
Location of the pancreas
Good source of calcium
What is milk?
Wave-like muscular contractions that push the bolus down the esophagus
What is peristalsis?
Four parts of the stomach
What are the cardia, fundus, body, and pylorus?
Parts of the small intestine
What are the duodenum, ileum, and jejunum?
Function of the gallbladder
What is storing and concentrating bile?
Orange juice and cherries
Where can vitamin C be found?
Amylase and Lipase
What are the main salivary enzymes?
Damaged part of the stomach lining
What is a gastric ulcer?
Purpose of Villi
What is increasing surface area to absorb more nutrients?
This happens when the pancreatic juices start digesting the pancreas
What is pancreatitis?
Vitamin that contributes to eye health
What is vitamin A?
Parotid, Submandibular, and Sublingual
What are the three salivary glands?
Stretchy folds of the stomach wall that can shrink or expand to fit more or less food
What are rugae?
These are absorbed in the ileum
What are water and bile salts
Main components of the liver that make and transport bile
Severe potassium deficiency
What is hypokalemia?