Guts
This organ can also be called by the names of it's three sections, Duodenum is one.
What is the small intestine?
These are secreted by the glands of the endocrine system.
What are hormones?
This accessory organ of the gastrointestinal system stores bile.
What is the gallbladder?
The body taking in oxygen by breathing in.
What is inspiration?
CNS
What is the Central Nervous System?
The appendix is located in this section of bowel.
What is the large intestine?
The master gland.
What is the pituitary?
This organ in the upper abdomen produces insulin from the islets of langerhans to help turn sugar into energy your body can use.
What is the pancreas?
The contracting phase of the heart beat when the ventricles are squeezing blood out.
GI
What is Gastrointestinal?
This section of bowel can be 20 feet long.
What is the small intestine?
This hormone controls the balance of fluids in the body.
What is antidiuretic hormone?
This reddish brownish organ (the largest in your body) creates bile and filters hundreds of gallons of blood each day to remove toxins and waste products.
What is the liver?
Inability to control the bowels.
What is fecal incontinence?
Prefix meaning half.
What is Hemi?
These finger like projections line the interior of the small intestine and increase surface area for better absorption.
What are villi?
This gland is located in the neck below the larynx. It's hormones regulate metabolism and growth.
What is the thyroid?
This accessory organ breaks down tired old blood cells into bilirubin which if excreted through healthy kidneys as urobilinogen, makes your urine yellow. Can you think of another way you have seen blood turn yellow?
What is the liver?
Involuntary contractions of the smooth muscles of the esophagus.
What is peristalsis?
prefix meaning gland.
What is adeno?
This is the name for food after it is introduced to the acid of the stomach and begins to be digested.
What is chyme?
This gland secretes a hormone that regulates Calcium, Vitamin D and Phosphate in the bloodstream.
What is the parathyroid gland?
This(these) accessory organ(s) get(s) very little if any recognition. It is located in your head.
What are the salivary glands?
The chemical secreting organs that make up the endocrine system.
What are glands?
prefix meaning around.
what is peri?