Definitions
Body Parts
Phases & Cells
Intestines
Misc.
100
What are ingested materials that mix with secretions of the glands of the stomach, producing a viscous, highly acidic, soupy mixture of partially digested food?
What is Chyme.
100
What is the J shaped organ in the body that holds ingested food?
What is Stomach.
100
What secretes a protein called pepsinogen?
What is Chief Cells?
100
How many sections are there in the small intestine?
What is 3.
100
What is the stomach lined with?
What is Simple Columnar Epithelium.
200
When the stomach is empty, its mucosa contains a number of prominent ridges and folds known as what?
What is Rugae.
200
What plays a key role in digestion and adsorption in nutrients?
What is Small Intestines.
200
What secretes intrinsic factor and hydrochloric acid?
What is Parietal Cells.
200
What's the longest section of the small intestines?
What is Ileum.
200
What are organs that lie posterior to the peritoneal cavity?
What is Retroperitoneal.
300
G cells in gastric glands within pylorus helps release what?
What is Gastrin.
300
What is a hollow, pear-shaped organ that stores and concentrates bile prior to it's excretion into the small intestine?
What is Gallbladder.
300
What phase begins with the sight, taste, smell, or thought of food?
What is Cephalic Phase.
300
What percentage of nutrient absorption happens in the small intestine?
What is 90%.
300
What is released into a network of narrow channels called Bile Canaliculi?
What is Bile.
400
What is a lymphatic capillary that transports materials that cannot enter blood capillaries.
What is Lacteal.
400
What provides digestive enzymes, as well as buffers that help neutralize chyme?
What is Pancreas.
400
Which phase begins when chyme first enters small intestine?
What is Intestinal Phase.
400
Where does the Ileum end at?
What is the Ileocecal Valve.
400
What entrance is at the bases of the villi?
What is intestinal glands.
500
Bile salts break the droplets apart through a process called what?
What is Emulsification.
500
What is the firm, reddish-brown liver is the largest visceral organ, that is is divided into for unequal lobes and helps with circulation of blood because when the blood leaves it returns it to the systematic circuit through hepatic veins?
What is Liver.
500
What phase begins with the arrival of the stomach?
What is Gastric Phase.
500
What is one way rather drastic approach to lose weight?
What is cutting out some of the Jejunum.
500
What are the four functions of the stomach in the digestive system?
What is temporary storage of ingested food, mechanical breakdown of ingested food, breakdown of chemical bonds in food items through the action of acids and enzymes, and production of intrinsic factor, a compound necessary for absorption.
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