Ch. 25 Flashcards
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ingestion is
eating or drinking
chewing food, occurs in gi tract
mechanical processing
breaking of chemical bonds, enzymes starts in oral cavity
chemical digestion
producing enzymes to break chemical bonds, acids in stomach
secretion
absorption happens
in large and small intestine, nutrients being absorbed
excretion occurs with
bilirubin is released from it, doesn’t do with digestion
compaction occurs
with dehydration, help with feces to be
defaction
poop
digestive protects with
flora in large intestine
deepest layer next to lumen
mucosa
mucusal epithelium is
deepest
muscularais muscoase help
contract and move plicae
order of gi tract deep to super
mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, serosa
submucosa contains
large blood vessels, lymphatics, and exocrine glands
peristalsis is helping
movement through the tract
segmentation helps physically
break down and mix with enzymes
persistalis and segmentation are included with
muscularis externa
most digestive organs reside within the
peritoneal cavity
visceral peritoneum is on the surfaces of
organs
parietal peritoneium lining
body wall
organs suspended in cavity by
mesentery connecting the serosae
retroperitoneal organs include
ones that develop from embryonic gut
examples of retroperitoneal
ureters
kidneys
aorta
ventral mesentary most of the time
dissappears