Accessory digestive Organs Flashcards
(24 cards)
What are the accessorry digestive organs?
• salivary glands
•teeth
•pancreas
• liver
• gallbladder
3 saliva- producing glands
• parotid glands
• submandibular glands
•sublingual glands
It is a saliva- producing hlands tgat is located anterior to the ear
Parotid glands
•mixture of mucus and serius fluids
• help to form a food bolus
• contains salivary amylase to begin starch digestion
• dissolve chemicals so they can ba tasted
Saliva
The role is to masticate food
Teeth
Humans have 2 sets of teeth ,what are they
• deciduos teeth
•permanent teeth
How many deciduos teeth are fully formed at the age of 2?
20 teeth
Replace deciduos teeth beginning between the ages 6 to 12
Permanent teeth
How many teeth is form in the permanent teeth?
32 teeth
Classification of teeth
Incisors
Canines
Premolars
Molars
Also know as milk teeth
Deciduos teeth
Regions of a tooth
Crown
Neck
Root
Exposed part of a tooth
Crown
Layers of the crown
Outer enamel
Dentin
Pulp cavity
Region in contact with the gum and coonnects crown to root
Neck
Periodontal membrane attached to the bone
Root canal carrying blood vessels and nerves
Root
Produce a wide spectrum of digestive system enzymes that breakdown all categories of food
Pancreas
Endocrine products of the pancreas
Insulin
Glucagon
Largest gland in the body
Located on the right side of the body under the diaphragm
Liver
Liver can cbe connected to the gallbladder via________
Common hepatic duct
Produced by the cells in the liver
Bile
Compositions of bile
Bile salts
Bile pigment
Cholesterol
Phospholipids
Electrolytes
Sac found in hollow fossa of liver.
Stores bile from the liver by the way of cystic
Gallbladder
Sac found in hollow fossa of liver.
Stores bile from the liver by the way of cystic
Gallbladder
