Processes
What is Detoxification?
the superior, right portion of the large intestine containing the hepatic flexure
What is the Ascending Colon?
of or pertaining to a sac-like structure like the gallbladder or urinary bladder
What is Cystic?
substance that reduces large lipid globules into smaller droplets that are more easily broken down
What is Bile?
this structure stores bile
What is the Gallbladder?
the ingestion and digestion of food
What is Digestion?
large, multi-lobed exocrine gland in the right upper abdominal quadrant
What is the Liver?
the largest salivary gland that sits inferior and anterior
What are the Parotid Glands?
the duct that drains bile out of the liver
What is the Hepatic Duct?
this structure produces bile
What is the Liver?
What is Digestion?
Flexure located on the transverse colon that leads into the descending colon
What are the 3 parts of the Small Intestine?
heterocrine gland that produces pancreatic juices which contain enzymes necessary for digestion
What is the Pancreas?
the malfunction of this structure causes the disease "diabetes"
movements and contractions that push ingested material through the GI tract
What is Peristalsis?
Sphincter that leads from the small intestine into the large intestine
Fundus, Body, Pylorus
What are the 3 portions of the Stomach?
What is the Transverse Colon?
the Large, expandable pouch that catches food after it leaves the esophagus
What is the Stomach?
the process of chewing food
What is Mastication?
Cecum, appendix, colon
What are the parts of the Large Intestine?
part of the colon that leads down the left side of the abdomen
What is the Descending Colon?
the place the bolus goes through when it leaves the stomach
What is the Pyloric Sphincter?