Structures
muscular, bulky organ that manipulates food between teeth, sense taste, and texture of food
what is the tongue?
intestinal gas that is expelled
mastication occurs using these which are located in the beginning of the alimentary canal
what is the teeth?
the duodenum has these in the submucosa that secrete an abundance of bicarbonate rich mucus to neutralize the stomach
what is duodenal glands?
the physical breakdown of food into smaller particles
what is mechanical digestion?
what is ascending colon, right colic flexure, transverse colon, left colic flexure, descending colon, and the sigmoid colon?
This is the five stages of digestion
What is ingestion, digestion, absorption, compaction, and defecation?
reddish brown gland that is inferior to the diaphragm and main function is to process bloodborne nutrients
what is the liver?
the main nerve network in the alimentary tract
What is the enteric plexus?
this is where proteins and fats first begin to breakdown
what is the stomach?
These are blood filled channels that fill spaces between the plates in the liver
What is the hepatic sinusoids?
the function of lipases
what is to fat-digesting enzymes?
This is located between the hepatic lobules and consists of the bile duct, branch of hepatic portal vein, and branch of hepatic artery
what is the hepatic triad?
The pouches in the colon caused by the muscle tone of the taeniae coli
What is haustra?
Chemical digestion is carried out by enzymes produced from these 4 organs/places
What is salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, and small intestine?
what is gastric rugae?
3 reasons the small intestine contracts
What is to mix chyme other juices, to churn chyme and bring it contact with mucosa and movement to the large intestine?
This is fluid secreted by the liver containing minerals, cholerstorl, neutral fats, phosphlipids, pigments, and acids
What is bile?
In the small intestine between the bases of the villi, there are these which are pores that open into tubular glands on the floor of the small intestine?
What is intestinal crypts?
Slide 135
This two enzymes hydrolyze the 2 disaccharides sucrose and lactose
what is sucrase and lactase?
slides 161
this is a smaller duct that branches from the main pancreatic duct
what is accessory pancreatic duct?
this is trigger by the gastrocolic and duodenoclic reflexes and only occurs one to three times a day
what is mass movements?
Slide 154
These are enzymes in the pancreatic juice that are not altered after secrection like zymogens are
this secretes lubricating mucus and is located in the submucosa
what is esophageal glands?
Slide 51
this is where nearly all of the chemical digestion occurs
what is the small intestine?