Lab 3 Functions

Question 1

Protects the nasopharynx during swallowing

Answer 1

Uvula

Question 2

passageway for food from the mouth to the esophagus

Answer 2

Oropharynx and Laryngopharynx

Question 3

passageway for food to the stomach

Answer 3

Esophagus

Question 4

prevents reflux of stomach acid

Answer 4

Gastroesophageal (inferior esophageal)

Question 5

mixes food with HCl and digestive enzymes to form chyme

Answer 5

stomach

Question 6

controls the entry of cyme into the duodenum

Answer 6

Pyloric Sphincter

Question 7

secures the stomach to the abdominal wall and to other organs

Answer 7

Greater Omentum

Question 8

completes chemical digestion; absorption of food molecules

Answer 8

Small intestines

Question 9

slow movement of chyme through the small intestine to increase time for absorption

Answer 9

circular folds

Question 10

absorb food molecules and allow them to enter a blood capillary or lacteal

Answer 10

Villi

Question 11

controls entry of waste into the large intestine

Answer 11

ileocecal

Question 12

three bands of smooth muscle that pucker the large intestine creating haustra

Answer 12

Teniae coli

Question 13

contract slowly to allow time for water absorption and to move waste to the next haustrum

Answer 13

Haustra

Question 14

fights infection

Answer 14

Vermiform appendix

Question 15

secures the small intestines

Answer 15

Mesentery

Question 16

produces bile, detoxifies blood, stores glycogen and fat-soluble vitamins

Answer 16

Liver

Question 17

attaches the liver to the diaphragm and abdominal wall

Answer 17

Falciform ligament

Question 18

stores bile

Answer 18

Gall bladder

Question 19

: transports bile away from the liver and into the bile duct

Answer 19

Common Hepatic duct

Question 20

transports bile to and from the gall bladder

Answer 20

Cystic duct

Question 21

transports bile to the duodenum

Answer 21

Bile duct

Question 22

produces digestive enzymes, hormones and pancreatic juice

Answer 22

Pancreas

Question 23

transports pancreatic juice and digestive enzymes to the duodenum

Answer 23

Main pancreatic duct

Question 24

control the entry of bile, digestive enzymes and pancreatic juice into the duodenum

Answer 24

Hepatopancreatic ampulla

Question 25

produce saliva which contains IgA to fight infection, lysozyme to fight bacteria, and salivary amylase to begin digestion of carbohydrates

Answer 25

Salivary Glands

Question 26

transport deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation to the right atrium

Answer 26

Superior and inferior Vena Cava

Question 27

receives deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation

Answer 27

Right Atrium

Question 28

pumps deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary circulation

Answer 28

Right Ventricle

Question 29

: receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary circulation

Answer 29

Left Atrium

Question 30

pumps oxygenated blood to the systemic circulation

Answer 30

Left Ventricle

Question 31

prevents the backflow of blood

Answer 31

Tricuspid, Pulmonary, Bicuspid (mitral) and Aortic valves

Question 32

: transports deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary arteries

Answer 32

Pulmonary Trunk

Question 33

transport deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Answer 33

Right and Left Pulmonary Arteries

Question 34

transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the | left atrium

Answer 34

Right and Left Pulmonary Veins

Question 35

: transports oxygenated blood to the systemic circulation

Answer 35

Aorta

Question 36

transports oxygenated blood to the right subclavian and right common carotid arteries

Answer 36

Brachiocephalic Trunk

Question 37

transports oxygenated blood to the right upper limb

Answer 37

Right subclavian Artery

Question 38

transports oxygenated blood to the right side of the head and neck

Answer 38

Right Common Carotid Artery

Question 39

transports oxygenated blood to the left side of the head and neck

Answer 39

Left Common Carotid Artery

Question 40

transports oxygenated blood to the left upper limb

Answer 40

Left Subclavian Artery

Question 41

attach the cusps of the atrioventricular valves to the papillary muscles

Answer 41

Chordae Tendinae

Question 42

secure the atrioventricular valves during ventricular contraction

Answer 42

Papillary Muscles

Question 43

separates the right and left ventricles

Answer 43

Interventricular Septum

Question 44

a remnant from fetal circulation during which time it was an opening between the right and left atria

Answer 44

Fossa Ovalis

Question 45

a ligament between the pulmonary trunk and the aorta; another remnant from fetal circulation which allowed blood in the pulmonary trunk to flow into the aorta

Answer 45

Ligamentum Arteriosum

Question 46

a serous membrane that produces pericardial fluid to decrease friction as the heart contracts

Answer 46

Visceral Pericardium (Epicardium) and Parietal Pericardium