Chapter 24: Digestive System Flashcards

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Accessory digestive organs

A

Mouth
Teeth
Tongue
Salivary glands
Pharynx
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas

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Layers of the digestive canal

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Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscular layer
Serosa/adventitia

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Mucosa

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Epithelium
Lamina propria (blood vessels and lymphatic vessels)
Muscularis mucosa

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4
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Submucosa

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Connective tissue. Contains blood and lymph vessels.

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Muscular layer

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Skeletal muscle in: mouth, pharynx, superior and middle esophagus.
Smooth muscle in rest of canal.

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Serosa

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Outer layer composed of connective tissue and mesothelioma.

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Myenteric neural plexus

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Plexus of Auerbach. Within muscular layer.

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8
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Submucosal neural plexus

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Plexus of meissner. Found within Submucosa.

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