Lecture 8 (Digestive Glands)

Question 1

Salivary Glands

Answer 1

1. Parotid: large anterior to the ear goes from cheek to jaw
2. Sublingual: below the tongue
3. Submandibular: below the jaw

Question 2

Saliva

Answer 2

Keeps mouth moist, moistens food, keep teeth clean, good for enamel, neutralize acid in food and drink
Beings digestion of starches and fats
Saliva may absorb tobacco tar increase the risk of esophageal cancer

Question 3

Mumps

Answer 3

Viral infection
Of parotid salivary glands
they become swollen 
very contagious
Adult men: exposed to virus can be rendered sterile

Question 4

Stones of salivary glands

Answer 4

Saliva crystallize, form in the ducts become swollen

Question 5

Cancer in the salivary glands

Answer 5

2/3 tumors are benign

have to remove because the high collection of lymph nodes, cervical nodes

Question 6

Pancreas

Answer 6

6 inches long
behind the stomach and intestines
Pancreatic ducts release enzymes into the duodenum.
Release insulin

Question 7

Exocrine

Answer 7

Creating hormones

Pancreas has abundant rough ER

Question 8

Endocrine

Answer 8

Diff cells that make hormones

Question 9

Seat Belt Injuries

Answer 9

Lap belts
May compress abdomen, causing the pancreas to rupture,
Enzymes will release into the abdomen
Digest the body cavity and organs

Question 10

Pancreatitis

Answer 10

Symptoms: fever yes or no, abdominal pain

caused by reaction to medication

Question 11

Pancreatic Cancer

Answer 11

Difficult to diagnosis, no specific abdominal pain
difficult to treat
Will spread before it is recognized, go to liver, spleen, stomach, lungs

Question 12

The liver

Answer 12

Largest Gland, bile

200 hundred diff functions

Question 13

Gall stones

Answer 13

Crystalized bile, high lvl of cholesterol this is common
Bile is used to metabolize fats
Small stones = bad = block duct = cause back up in the liver

Question 14

Jaundice

Answer 14

When excess bile enters the blood stream
Yellowing of eyes and skin
Get from pancreatic cancer
reaction to medication

Question 15

Jaundice in new borns

Answer 15

Immature live cant not do its job = jaundice

UV lights helps liver mature, 10 -15 mines

Question 16

Hepatitis

Answer 16

Infection of the liver
making it enlarged
can be permanent

Question 17

Cirrhosis

Answer 17

Scaring of the liver
reaction to medication
1. fatty liver 
2. hepatitis 
3. alcohol

Question 18

Liver cancer

Answer 18

Primary: starts in the liver
Secondary: started somewhere else
Liver function will stop, get very sick, may become jaundice

Question 19

Transplant of Liver tissue

Answer 19

Partial live: part of the right lob, cells will grow in young kids
Originally; whole in liver including gall bladder.