Divestive System Flashcards

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What type of cells like the inside of the GI tract

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Epithelial simple columnar

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When referring to the stomach the word ____ is used

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Gastric

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When referring to the intestines the word ____ is used

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Enteric

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The GI tract consist of what 4 layers.

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The lumen, mucosa, submucosa, and serosa

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The innermost layer of the GI tract

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Mucosa

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Ruminants and other herbivores use _________ ______ to break down plant material into usable nutrients and energy

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Microbial fermentation

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How is an omnivore’s digestive tract different from others ?

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They have a small cecum that places a insignificant role in breaking down food

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How are carnivore’s digestive tracts different from others?

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They do not use the aid of microbial fermentation

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What animal is considered a non ruminant

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Horse

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What a animal(s) are considered carnivores

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Cats

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What animal(s) are considered omnivores

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Humans, pigs, dogs

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What animal(s) are considered ruminants

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Cattle and goats

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The epithelial tissues near the mouth and anus consist of layers of

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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The second layer of the mucosa that is made of of loose areolar connective tissue and contains blood, lymph vessel, and gland is called

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Lamina propria

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What is the The third layer of the mucosa that contains a thin layer of smooth muscle.

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Muscularis mucosae

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16
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Hind-gut fermenters are

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Horses

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17
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Dogs and cats have what kind of teeth

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Brachyodont teeth

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18
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Horses and rabbits have what kind of teeth

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Hyspodontic teeth

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19
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What endocrine hormone stimulates stomach mobility

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Gastrin

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20
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What endocrine hormone inhibits the stomach

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Cholecystokinin

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What are the two nerve plexuses that make up the intrinsic enteric nervous system

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Submucosal plexus and the myenteric plexus

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The process of bring food into the oral cavity

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Prehension

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23
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The cleft that divides the two halves of the upper lip

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Philtrum

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24
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Teeth are held in place by the

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Periodontal ligament

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When referring to something towards the crown of the tooth it is called
Coronal
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When referring to something towards the root it is called
Apical
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Teeth used to cut and nibble on food
Incisors
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Teeth used to tear flesh and hold prey
Canines
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Teeth that act as shears, cutting, grinding, and tearing meat
Premolars
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Teeth that assist in grinding and shearing
Molars
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What numeric system is used to assign a specific number to each tooth in the mouth
The triadan system
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What is the dental formula for an adult dog
2[ I 3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M 2/3]
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What is the function of salivary glands
To deposit saliva into the oral cavity via ducts
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The temporomandibular joint is what kind of joint
Synovial
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Lysozyme, an enzyme found in saliva helps control what
Bacterial population in the oral cavity
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Can be found in saliva, a starch digesting enzyme
Amylase
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Ruminant salvia has a high PH that is
Alkaline
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What are some functions of saliva
Lubrication, antibacterial action, PH regulation, thermoregulation, and enzymatic digestion.
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The majority of the tongue is made up of what type of tissue
Muscle
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Besides water what are the three substances found in saliva
Proteins, enzymes, and electrolytes
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A pattern of muscle contraction that propels food through the GI tract
Peristalsis
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Food that leaves the stomach in a semiliquid form is called
Chyme
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What are the functions of the stomach
Storage of ingested food, mechanical and chemical breakdown of food, production of intrinsic factor for vitamin B12 absorption in the small intestine
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What proteolytic enzyme in the stomach begins protein digestion
Pepsin
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Which gastric gland produces HCL and the intrinsic factor for the absorption of B12
Parietal cells
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Gastric glands that close to the openings of the ducts
Mucous neck cells
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A gastric gland that secretes Pepsinogen
Chief cell
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Food in the stomach stimulates
Acetylcholine
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What part of the monogastric stomach increases in size to accommodate a large meal
Fundus
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Repeating units of monosaccharides make up
Starches
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What are the four chambers of a ruminant stomach
Reticulum, rumen, omasum, and abomasum
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What part of the stomach in a ruminant is considered the true stomach
Abomasum
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In a young ruminant what enzyme is produced that causes milk coagulation
Rennin
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The process of chewing cud is called
Rumination
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What is the importance of the esophageal groove
It link the esophagus and the omasum and in young animals it essentially acts as a tube for milk to travel directly to the omasum and abomasum
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What is glucogenesis and where in the ruminant does it mostly take place
The production of glucose by the liver from non carbohydrate sources
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The process of how ruminants belch, responsible for the release of gases such ad carbon dioxide and methane during fermentation
Eructation
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Which chamber is known as many plies because of the of its many leaf like folds of mucosa
Omasum
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What are the three parts of the small intestine
Duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
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Ruminate microbes process _____, ______, and ______.
Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
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Lymphatic capillaries of the small intestine =
Lacteals
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The microvilli form _____ ______ that provides majority of the surface area of the small intestine
Brush border
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What is embedded in the brush border of the small intestine and what is it responsible for ?
Enzymes that are responsible for membranous digestion of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleotides
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What is the function of cholecystokinin (high amino and fatty acid concentration) in the small intestine
Inhibits gastric emptying, protects, increased secretion of pancreatic digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.
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What is the function of secretin in the small intestine ?
Decreases HCL production in the stomach and increases pancreatic and biliary bicarbonate secretions
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Where is the liver located
Near the stomach, immediately caudal to the diaphragm
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Which layer of the digestive tract consists of epithelium and loose connective tissue
Mucosa
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What part do the pancreas is responsible for producing and dumping digestive enzymes into to digestive tract
Exocrine
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True or false One of the livers functions is the production of cholesterol
True
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The digestive compartment of ruminates is a series of muscular sacs separated from each other by long, muscular folds of wall called Pilars. What part of the stomach am I ?
Rumen