Chapter 25 Flashcards
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Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into a form usable by the body?
Digestion
The selective intake of food?
Ingestion
Uptake of nutrient molecules into cells?
Absorption
Absorbing water and consolidating the residue into feces?
Compaction
Elimination of feces?
Defecation
The digestive tract has two anatomical subdivisions what are they?
Digestive tract and accessory organs
The muscular tube extending from mouth to anus?
Digestive tract
The teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, etc.?
Accessory organs
There are four tissue layers what are they?
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis externa
Serosa (visceral peritoneum)
Lining of the digestive tract that secrete and absorbs?
Mucosa
Stratified squamous or simple Columnar?
Epithelium
Loose connective tissue layer?/
Lamina propria
Smooth muscles That tense the mucosa?
Muscularis mucosae
Thick layer of loose connective tissue containing blood vessels, lymph vessels, glands?
Submucosa
Nerve fibers that control movement of the muscularis mucosa and glands?
Submucosal plexus
Muscles the contract to propel residue through the digestive tract?
Muscularis externa
There are two types of muscularis externa what are they?
Circular muscle and longitudinal muscle
Myenteric plexus which is nerve fibers the control peristalsis
Thin layer of areola tissue and simple squamous?
Serosa or (visceral peritoneum)
The peritoneum
Covers the external surfaces of most digestive organs?
Visceral peritoneum
Serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity?
Parietal peritoneum
Connective tissue that loosely suspends the organs from the body?
Mesenteries
Two layered membrane extending from the body wall to digestive organs, then separates and passes around organs forming serosa?
Posterior mesentery
Mesentery from the liver to the stomach?
Lesser omentum
Mesentery that hangs from the stomach and loosely covers the small intestine?
The greater omentum