HISTOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY
ANATOMY
REGIONS
PROCESSES
100
Name the three cells of the mucosa of the stomach.
Parietal cells, Chief cells, and Enteroendocrine cells.
100
Breaks down the bolus into.
Chyme 
100
The stomach is connected to what organ?
The small intestine at the duodenum.
100
How many regions of the stomach are there?
4
100
How does the stomach break down food?
Through mechanical and chemical digestion.
200
Which cell is responsible for the secretion of pepsin?
Chief Cells
200
The movement of the breaking down of the bolus.
Peristalsis
200
Name the regions from superior to inferior.
Cardiac, Fundic, Body, Pyloric
200
What is the most superior region?
Cardiac
200
Once your stomach receives food, it produces acids and enzymes for what?
Breaking down food
300
The gastric pit and gastric gland are found in what layer of the stomach wall?
Mucosa
300
What stage of digestion occurs in the stomach?
Gastric phase
300
The stomach begins and ends where?
Begins at the esophagus and ends at the duodenum.
300
What is the middle region of the stomach?
The body.
300
Bolus enters the stomach through what organ?
Esophagus
400
Name the three layers of the muscularis externa of the stomach.
Oblique layer, circular layer, and longitudinal layer.
400
What is the pH of the chyme after peristalsis and the mixing of hydrochloric acid?
2
400
The mucosa layer is folded into what?
Rugae
400
What does the pyloric region encase?
Pyloric Sphincter and Pyloric Orifice, right before entering the Duodenum.
400
What is the process of propulsion?
The stomach’s muscular walls churn and mix food with digestive juices, which breaks down food into smaller pieces.
500
What type of cells line the inner surface of the stomach?
Surface mucous cells or foveolar cells
500
What type of digestion mainly occurs in the stomach
Chemical digestion
500
What does the enteroendocrine cell do in the stomach?
Secretes gastrin, which stimulates secretion by parietal cells.
500
The convex lateral surface of the stomach is ____.
Greater curvature.
500
How does food move through the digestive system?
By wavelike muscle contractions.