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Digestive Flashcards

1
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correct order of the layers of the digestive tract from the innermost to the outermost?

A

Mucosa à submucosa à muscularis à serosa

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2
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Meissner plexus is found in which layer of the digestive tract

A

Submucosa

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3
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Auerbach plexus is found in which layer of the digestive tract

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Muscularis

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4
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connective tissue sheets that hold the abdominal organs in place

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Mesenteries

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5
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lesser omentum

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A connective tissue that connects the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver

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6
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the teeth

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The incisors are used for cutting while the molars are for grinding the food.

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7
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The largest salivary gland is the

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Parotid

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8
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The role of this enzyme is to break down starch into maltose giving it a sweet taste in the mouth

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Salivary amylase

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9
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This organ transports food from the pharynx to the stomach

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Esophagus

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10
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The location of the stomach in the abdomen is at the

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Left upper quadrant

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11
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Bolus empties into the stomach through the opening of the

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Cardiac sphincter

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12
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This region of the stomach is funnel-shaped and its contents directly empty into the duodenum

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Pylorus

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13
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These are large folds of the mucosa of the stomach that smoothens when the stomach is filled

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Rugae

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14
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layers of muscles in the stomach?

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Outer longitudinal layer
Inner oblique layer
Middle circular layer

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15
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Which gastric cell produced hydrochloric acid?

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Parietal cells

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16
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The chief cells produce

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Pepsinogen

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17
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The intrinsic factor increases the absorption of which vitamin in the duodenum

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B12

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18
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This phase in the regulation of gastric secretions describes an increase in the gastric secretions triggered by the sense of taste, smell, and even with the sight of food

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Cephalic phase

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19
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This phase in the regulation of gastric secretions describes an increase in the gastric secretions triggered by the presence of food in the stomach

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Gastric phase

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20
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The site of the greatest amount of digestion and absorption of nutrients is the

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Small intestine

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21
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The common bile duct empties into which part of the small intestine

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Duodenum

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22
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These are 3 longitudinal bands of smooth muscle that contract to form haustra.

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Taenia coli

23
Q

correct order of the route of feces in the large intestine

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Cecum –> ascending colon –> transverse colon –> descending colon –> sigmoid colon –> rectum –> anus

24
Q

What lymphatic tissue can you see at the attached to the cecum?

A

Appendix

25
Q

This reflex is characterized by the relaxation of the anal sphincters triggered by rectal wall distention

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Defecation reflex

26
Q

Which Vitamin is synthesized by the bacteria in the colon?

A

vit K

27
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Digestion of protein starts first at the

A

Stomach

28
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Digestion of carbohydrates starts first at the

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Mouth

29
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chemical digestion?

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It utilizes enzymes to break down food molecules into their building blocks

30
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Which phase of deglutition is characterized by the conscious movement of food by the tongue from the oral cavity to the pharynx?

A

Voluntary

31
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secretions of the pancreas?

A

It secretes bicarbonate to neutralize the acidic chyme in the small intestine.

32
Q

hormones that promote the contraction of the gallbladder for the release of stored bile?

A

cholecystokinin, secretin

33
Q

The common bile duct is the union of which ducts?

A

Cystic duct and Common hepatic duct

34
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sphincter that regulates the emptying of the bile

A

sphincter of Oddi

35
Q

This blood vessel in the liver delivers nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract to the liver

A

Portal vein

36
Q

This hepatic vessel carries deoxygenated blood and exits the liver

A

Hepatic vein

37
Q

Which structure divides the major lobes of the liver?

A

Falciform ligament

38
Q

The bulk of the liver is located on which abdominal quadrant

A

RUQ

39
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These are strong contractions that propel the colonic contents at a considerable distance

A

Mass movements

40
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Major function of this part of the digestive tract is to absorb water and form feces

A

Colon

41
Q

The Peyer’s patches are found in which part of the digestive tract

A

Ileum

42
Q

most superior part of the stomach?

A

Cardia

43
Q

contents of the portal triad

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Artery, vein, hepatic duct (for bile)

44
Q

portion of the pancreas produces digestive enzymes?

A

Acini

45
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portion of the pancreas produces insulin

A

Islets of Langerhans

46
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Stomach

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Protein digestion start

47
Q

Mouth

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Carbohydrate digestion start

48
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intrinsic factor

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B12 absorption

49
Q

Parietal cells

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hydrochloric acid

50
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Pylorus

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region of the stomach that is funnel-shaped

51
Q

Digestion

A

breakdown of large molecules into smaller

52
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“Fatty Apron”

A

Greater omentum

53
Q

Meissner’s plexus

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submucosa

54
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Auerbach’s plexus

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muscularis

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