Digestive anatomy.
digestive anatomy.
digestive anatomy.
digestive anatomy
digestive anatomy
100

What is the purpose of digestion?

Break down food into nutrients, absorb those nutrients. 

100

R/L Hypochondriac 

R/L lumbar

R/L Iliac

Epigastric

Hypogastric

Umbilical

The Abdominal Regions. 

100

External to Mucosa

Consists of, blood and lymphatic vessels, nerve fibers

Submucosa.

100

purpose of the teeth

mash up food. 

100

What does the Liver make?

Bile production. 

200

Open Tube. 

Mouth, pharynx, esophagus

Stomach large intestine and large intestine

Alimentary Canal. 

200

Holds organs in place, sites of fat storage, provides a route for circulatory vessels and nerves. 

Mesentery.

200

External to submucosa

Two layers:

1. circular muscularis (INNER LAYER)

2.Longitudinal Muscularis (OUTER LAYER)

Muscularis Externa. 

200

Connected to the mouth

produce saliva

Contain parotid, sublingual and submandibular glands.

Salivary Glands. 

300

teeth, tounge, salivary glands

Gallbladder, liver and pancreas. 

Acessory digestive organs. 

300

potential space defined by diaphragms, walls of the abdominal/pelvic cavity, and abdominal organs. 

Peritoneal cavity

300

The outermost layer

The visceral peritoneum

Serosa. 

300

Cleanses mouth

dissolves food chemicals for taste

Moistens food

breakdown of starch with enzymes

Function of saliva. 

400

Prepares food for chemical digestion.

Chewing, churning food in stomach. 

Mechanical Digestion. 

400

Mucosa

submucosa

muscularis

serosa

4 layers of alimentary canal. 

400
what is the purpose of the mouth?

Ingest and chew food

some chemical digestion of carbs and fats. 

400

What does the pancreas make

Insulin and glucagon. 

Regulates blood sugar. 

500

Complex molecules broken down to chemical components. 

mouth-little carb digestion

Stomach- little protein digestions

Small intestine-tons of everything

Chemical Digestion. 

500

Inner most layer

Consists of, epithelium, lamina propria, muscularis mucosae

Mucosa

500

Purpose of the tongue

Move, reposition and mash up food

500

What does the gallbladder make? 

Stores and concentrates bile.