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Direction of Food Flow
Pharynx- esophogous-glottis- cardiac stomach- pyloric phincter to - pyloric stomach- small intestine - duodenum - Jeujenum - Caecum- colon- decending colon - recctum - anus
Peristalysis
involuntary wavelike motion of muscle that pushes food down
Cardiac Stomach
Large chamber of Stomach that recieves food from esophogus
Epithelial lining
contains gastric juices that denature proteins and kill many organisms
Pyloric Stomach
Small chamber of stomach that recives food from Cardiac Stomach Via Phyloric Sphincter
Duodenum
first segment of smal intestine
pancreas
adjacent to duodenum- aids in digestive system and endocrine system
Jejunum
ulk of chemical digestion ccurs here in the second part of small intestine
Illeum
Muscular Sphincter through which food leaves the smamll intestineand enters the large intestine in the caecum
Caecum
(blind sac) first part of the large intestine
Caecum
digests Cellulose- appendix in humans
Colon
longest segment of Large intestine
Colon joining
joins small intestine in posterior portion of abdomen
Author
mhmalik
ID
12942
Card Set
Digestive System
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Updated
2010-04-03T05:31:16Z
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