A&P
This portion of the colon that moves horizontally from right to left
What is transverse?
Name of the pathways for energy
What are Channels?
Japanese term for concept of energy
What is Ki?
What is the process of eliminating indigestible or unabsorbed materials from the body called?
The liver produces:
What is bile?
These are fingerlike projections that house blood and lymph capillaries in the lining of the small intestine
What are villi?
Name which of these is considered more yang: Earth, sun, moist, cold
What is sun?
Shiatsu and Ayurveda are based in the concept of:
What is energy?
The process by which simple molecules from the digestive tract are moved into the bloodstream or lymph vessels and then into cells describes:
_____ helps in the digestion of fats
What is lipase?
Pouches located in the large intestine are called
What are haustra?
What is the term used to describe the symbol for yin and yang?
What is Tai Ji?
Yin and yang channels associated with the water element
What are the kidney and bladder?
Name of the process of orally taking materials into the body?
What is ingestion?
The mechanical and chemical processes that occurs as food is broken down into simple molecules Is called…
What is digestion?
Secretions from the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder flow into the…
What is Small intestine?
Interior, exterior, dry, light. _____ is considered more yin.
What is Interior?
Out of Heart protector, Bladder, Heart, Spleen which is considered a yang organ channel?
What is the Bladder?
Rhythmic movement that mixes food and propels it through the gastrointestinal tract is called:
What is peristalsis?
The large serous membrane the envelopes the abdominal cavity and major digestive organs is the:
The pyloric sphincter is found between the…
What are the Stomach and duodenum
This color is associated with the earth element
What is yellow?
Points along energetic channels, aka:
What are Tsubos?
The chemoreceptors that detect primary tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and savoriness are the:
What are Gustatory organs?
The ileocecal sphincter is found between the:
What is the small and large intestine?