digestive system Flashcards
(24 cards)
mouth
location- face
function- first site of food entrance, hold saliva glands first site of chimical digestion
Tounge
location- inside mouth function swirl the food aroun in your mouth, help break them down
Parotid gland
location- in the mouth
funtion- largest saliva gland, begin digestion of starches
sublingual gland
location- floor of mouth beneath the tongue
Function- secrete mucus
submanidubular gland
location- the neck
function- secretes mucous and thinner fluid
pharynx
location- throat, behind the nasal cavity
function- food passes through it posteriorly into the oropharynx
esophagus
location- runs through the diaphragm to the stomach
function- conduct food to the stomach
stomach
location- left side of the abdnominal cavity
fuction- main site of chemical break down of food
pancreas
location- posterior to the parietal peritoneum
function-produce enzymes to break down the digestible foods
liver
location-largest gland in the body under the diaphram
Function- produce bile for digestion
gall bladder
location- small green ball located on the inferior surface of the liver
FUnction- store the bile
duodenum
location- shortest part of the small intestine
function- chemical digestion
jejunum
location- small intestine
function- abosorbtion of small nuetrient particles
lleum
absorb vitamin b12
cecum
location- small intestine function - absorb fluid and salts
transverse colon
location- long part of the large intestine
funciton- extract water
descending colon
location-left side of large intestine
function- stores food to be emptied into the rectum
ascending colon
location-right of large intestine
Function- carries poop
sigmoid colon
location- after decending colon
function- moves stool throught the rectum
rectum
function- temporary storage of fecces
appendix
location - large intestine
funciton- lymph tissue
anal canal
butt, move waste
anus
exit for waste
spleen
fight bacteria
