Digestion Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 what is the transfer of nutrients into the bloodstream? | absorption |
| Whats the serius membrane layer attached to the abdonminal wall | visceralperitoneum |
| Whats the layer of connective tissue beneath the mucous membrane in the wall of the digestive tract? | submucosa |
| Whats the layer of the digestive tract wall that is responsible for perostalsis | smooth muscle |
| the breakdown of food into small particles that can pass through iintestinal cells? | Digestion |
| the innermost layer of the serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity? | panetal peritoneum |
| Whats the layer of the digestove tract wall that contains villi in the small intestine | mucous membrane |
| Whats the name for baby teeth? | Aecidous |
| Whats the name for chewing? | mastication |
| whats the act of swallowing? | degultition |
| Whats the layer of the oeritoneum extendning between the stomach and the liver? | lesseromentium |
| Medical name for the gum? | gingniva |
| the eight cutting teeth located in the anterior of the oral cavity | incisors |
| Calcified substance making up most of the tooth structure | dentin |
| A large double serous membrane that contains fat and hangs over the front of the intestine | greater omentum |
| The valve between the distal end of the stomach and the small intestine | pyloric sprinter |
| Whats the structure that guards the entrance into the stomach | L.E.S. |
| Whats the structure that covers opening of the larynx during swallowing | epiglotis |
| whats the part of the oral cavity roof that extends to from the uvula | soft palatae |
| the mixture of gastric juices and food that enters the small intestine | cnyme |
| whats the fold in the stomach that are absent if the stoamch is full? | rugae |
| whats the part of the large intestine just before the anus | rectum |
| the small blind tube attached to the first part of the large intestine | uermifor appendix |
| the sphincter that prevents food moving from the large intestine into the samll intestine | ileo cecalvalve |
| whats the finger extensions of the mucosa in the small intestine | villi |
| a blind- ended lymphatic vessel that absorbs fat | lacteal |
| whats the bands tof longitudinal muscle in the large intestine | teniaecoli |
| The portion of the large intestine that extends across the abdomen | transverse colon |
| whats the most proximal part of the large intestine | cecum |
| whats the enzyme that breaks fats into simpler compunds | lipase |
| an organ that stores nutrients and releases them as needed into the bloodstream | liveer |
| the accessory organ that stores bile | gallbaladder |
| the enzyme that acts on a particular type of disaccharide | maltase |
| whats the salivary glands that are inferior and anterior to the ear | parotid glands |
| whats the splitting of food molecules by the addition of water | hydrolysis |
| whats the form in which glucose is stored in the liver | glycogen |
| whats the waste product produced from the destruction of red blood cells | bilirubin |
| a waste product synthesized by the liver as a result of protein metbolism | urea |
| The nutrient type that is partially digested by gastric juice | protein |
| a substance that digests DNA | nuclease |
| Wheres the partoid salivary gland located? | inferior to the ear |
| active ingredients in gastric juice is | pepsin and hydrochloric acid |
| gastric inhibitory peptide stimulates the release of | insulin |
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