Flashcards in Abdominal Organ Fxns Deck (17):
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Thyriod Gland
Endocrine fxn: produce hormones - regulate growth & metabolic rate, including Ca+ homeostasis
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Heart
Creates pressure gradient to
1) Transport blood
2) Push plasma into ECF
3) Get nutrients, O2 & hormones into cells
Secondary: Diffusion out of capillaries
Tertiary: Cellular uptake
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Lungs
1) Uptake O2
2) Secrete CO2
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Liver
1) Makes bile from old erythrocytes (RBC) - bile is waste product; emulsifies lipids to increase surface area for chemical digestion
2) Filters & detoxifies blood
3) Stores glucose and glycogen & regulates blood glucose levels
4) Makes cholesterol & triglycerides
5) Builds enzymes & clotting factors
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Gall Bladder
Stores & excretes liver bile into duodenum
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Spleen
1) Barracks for several platoons of leukocytes (WBC's)
2) WBC's clean blood and remove worn out RBC
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Adrenal (or suprarenal) gland
Endocrine fxn: secretes hormones for stress reactions and metabolic rate
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Kidney (2)
1) Primary fx: regulate osmotic (salt/water) balance
2) Excretes nitrogenous wastes and other soluble wastes
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Ureter
Transport urine from kidney to bladder
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Bladder
Stores & excretes urine
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Urethra
Eliminate urine from bladder to outside of body
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Stomach (3)
1) Stores food
2) Mechanically digests food
3) Denatures proteins with HCl acid & initiates protein chemical digestion with pepsin
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Small Intestine
Parts: duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Fxn: completes chemical digestion of food & absorbs it
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Large Intestine
Parts: cecum, asc colon, trans colon, dec colon, sigmoid colon, rectal colon
Fxn:
1) Prepare & eliminates solid wastes
2) Resorbs water & salt
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Veriform Appendix
House lymphoid tissue to combat invaders
(Usually founds off cecum
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McBurney's Point
Check for appendicitis
1/3 distance from right ASIS to umbilicus
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