Digestion Flashcards
(38 cards)
Fats that are digested and absorbed into lacteals are then carried almost directly into the…
Cisterna chyli
The enzyme pepsin is produced in the…
Stomach
Pepsin breaks down…
Protein
The exocrine pancreas assists in the process of digestion by producing…
Amylase, lipase, trypsin and bicarbonate ions
The major site of water absorption in the gut is…
The colon
The parietal cells in the wall of the stomach produce…
Hydrochloric acid
The stomach of the dog is divided into three parts, which form the entrance to the oesophagus are termed…
Cardia, fundus and pylorus
The stomach of the dog produces hydrochloric acid, mucus and…
Pepsin
Trypsinogen is secreted in the intestinal juice and converted to the active enzyme trypsin by the action of…
Enterokinase
The gastric mucosa contains 3 different cells that secrete different gastric juices…
Mucus
Hydrochloric acid
Pepsinogen
Prehension means?
To pick up food
How many pairs of salivary glands does a dog have?
4
Dental formular for a kitten?
I3/3 C1/1 PM3/2
The region of the stomach closest to the oesophagus is the?
Cardia
The double fold of the peritoneum that specifically links the stomach to the abdominal wall is?
Omentum
Which cells in the stomach secrete Hydrochloric acid?
Parietal cells
Which cells in the stomach secrete Pepsinogen?
Chief cells
Which cells in the stomach secrete mucus
Goblet cells
Into which part of the gut does the gall bladder empty?
Duodenum
What is contained within the lacteals?
Chyle
Where does the destruction of old red blood cells take place?
The spleen
The process of breaking down food into small, soluble units is known as?
Digestion
Order of food passing through the large intestine?
Caecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, rectum
Which salivary gland lies within the orbit of the skull?
Zygomatic
