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Question 1

What’s the mouth

Answer 1

An opening through which food passes into the body; breaks food into small particles by mastication (chewing) and mixing with saliva

Question 2

Tongue

Answer 2

Consists mostly of skeleton muscle; attached in the posterior region of the mouth. It provides movement of food for mastication, directs food to the pharynx for swallowing and is a major organ for taste and speech

Question 3

Palate

Answer 3

Separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity

Question 4

Soft palate

Answer 4

Posterior portion, not supported by bone

Question 5

Hard palate
( front area of mouth)

Answer 5

Anterior portion, supported by bone

Question 6

Uvula

Answer 6

Soft V-shaped structure that extends from the soft palate; directs food into the throat

Question 7

Pharynx

Answer 7

Performs the swallowing action that passes food from the mouth into the esophagus

Question 8

Esophagus

Answer 8

10 inch (25cm) tube that is a passageway for food extending the pharynx to the stomach. Peristalsis, involuntary wavelike movement that propel food along the gastrointestinal tract, begins in the esophagus

Question 9

Stomach

Answer 9

J-shaped sac that mixes and stores food. Its secret chemicals for digestion and hormones that act locally to control digestive system functions

Question 10

Cardia

Answer 10

Area around the opening of the esophagus

Question 11

Fundus

Answer 11

Proximal domed portion of the stomach

Question 12

Body

Answer 12

Central portion of the stomach, distal to the fundus

Question 13

Antrum

Answer 13

Distal portion of the stomach

Question 14

Pylorus

Answer 14

Portion of the stomach that connects to the small intestine

Question 15

Pyloric sphincter

Answer 15

Ring of muscles that guards the opening between the stomach and the duodenum

Question 16

Small intestine

Answer 16

20-foot (6-m) tube extending from the pyloric sphincter to the large instestine. Digestion is completely in the small intestine to the bloodstream, takes place through the villi, tiny finger like projections that line the walls of the small intestine

Question 17

Duodenum

Answer 17

First 10 to 12 inches (25 cm) of the small intestine

Question 18

Jejunum

Answer 18

Second portion of the small intestine, approximately 8 feet (2.4m) long

Question 19

Ileum

Answer 19

Third portion of the small intestine, approximately 11 feet (3.3 m) long, which connects with the large intestine.

Question 20

Large intestine

Answer 20

Approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) long tube that extends from the ileum to the anus. Absorption of water and transit of the solid waste products of digestion take place in the large intestine

Question 21

Cecum

Answer 21

U shaped pouch that is the first portion of the large intestine

Question 22

Colon

Answer 22

Main portion of the large intestine. The colon is divided into four parts: ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon

Question 23

Rectum

Answer 23

Distal portion of the large intestine, approximately 8 to 10 inches (20cm) long extending from the sigmoid colon to the anus

Question 24

Anus

Answer 24

Sphincter muscle ( ring like band of the muscle fiber that keeps an opening tight) at the end of the gastrointestinal tract. Provides for elimination of solid waste products of digestion

Question 25

ACCESSORY ORGASNS Salivary glands

Answer 25

Produce saliva which flows into the mouth

Question 26

ACCESSORY ORGANS Liver

Answer 26

Produces bile which is necessary for the digestion of fats. The liver performs many other functions concerned with the digestion and metabolism

Question 27

ACCESSORY ORGANS Biliary tract

Answer 27

Organs and ducts (passageway) that transport, stores, and release bile ( also called biliary system)

Question 28

ACCESSORY ORGANS Common bile duct

Answer 28

Small tubelike structure where the hepatic duct and cystic duct join; conveys bile to the duodenum to aid in the breakdown of fats

Question 29

ACCESSORY ORGANS Gallbladder

Answer 29

Small, saclike structure that stores bile produced by the liver

Question 30

ACCESSORY ORGANS Pancreas

Answer 30

Produces panacreatic juice which helps digest all types of food;secretes insulin for carbohydrates

Question 31

OTHER STRUCTURES PERITONEUM

Answer 31

Serous saclike lining of the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 32

OTHER STRUCTURES Appendix

Answer 32

Small pouch which has no known function in digestion; attached to the cecum also called the vermiform appendix

Question 33

OTHER STRUCTURES Abdomen

Answer 33

Portion of the body between the thorax and the pelvis

Question 34

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS An/o

Answer 34

Anus

Question 35

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Antr/o

Answer 35

Antrum

Question 36

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Cec/o

Answer 36

Cecum

Question 37

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Col/o & Colon/o

Answer 37

Colon ( large intestine)

Question 38

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Duoden/o

Answer 38

Duodenum

Question 39

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Enter/o

Answer 39

Intestines ( usually the small intestine)

Question 40

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Esophagus/o

Answer 40

Esophagus

Question 41

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Gastr/o

Answer 41

Stomach

Question 42

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Or/o

Answer 42

Mouth

Question 43

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Proct/o &. Rect/o

Answer 43

Rectum

Question 44

DIGESTIVE SUSTEM COMBINING FORMS Stomat/o

Answer 44

Mouth