organ system

• parotid glands
• submandibular
• sublingual 

• largest salvary gland
• salivary amylase- degrades starch

produce more serous than mucous secretions, can be felt as a soft lump along the inferior border of the mandible

smallest.  produces primary mucous secretions. 

raised region of the tongue- four types, taste buds, taste, touch, muscle of mastication


circumvallate, filiform papillae, fungiform papillae

absorbs nutrients

common bile duct from the liber and pancreatic duct from teh pancreas join and empty into the duodenum

duodenum, jejunum, Ileum

joins small intestine at ileocecal junction

cecum, colon rectum, anal canal

three bands formed by the longitudinal smooth muscle layer of colon

the mucosal lining of the colon contain tubular glands called crypts that contain mucus producing goblet cells

divided into left and right lobe, seperated by falciform ligament. 

seperates two lobes of liver

two smaller lobes of liver

gate in liver where blood vessels, ducts, nerves enter and exit

hepatic artery- 02 righ blood to liver

hepatic portal vein- nutrient rich blood to the liver 

produce insulin and glucagon in pancreas

endocrine part of pancreas

part of an acinar gland that produces digestive enzymes

clusters that are connected by small ducts which join to form larger ducts that join to form the pancreatic duct

polysaccharide digestion

of pancreas- trypsin, chymotrypsin, carbozypeptidase

lipid digestion in pancrease

dna and rna degradation

release of digestive enzymes in pancrease

external nose, the nasal cavity, the pharynx and associated structures

the larynx, the trachea, the bronchi and the lungs

layer of membranes enclosing the space for the lungs

double layered membrane around the lungs, lining the pleural cavity

membrane that lines the walls of the thorax, diaphragm and mediastinum

membrane that covers lungs surface

renal fascia, perirenal fat, renal capsule

outermost covering, anchors kidneys to surrounding structures

cushions the kidney

smooth transparant covering directly over the kidney

contans renal artery, veins, nerves, ureter

• enlarged end of nephrone
• contains podocytes

membrane around hearts cavity

membrane on hearts surface

space around heart

separates atria from ventricles

support valves, attatch to AV valve flaps

transport blood through all parts of the body, from the left ventricle and back to the right atrium

fluid that enters lymphatic capillaries composed of water and some solutes

filters blood, destroy old reb blood cells. detect and respond to forein substances

Somatic nerves- sensory and motor

Autonomic nerves- Parasympathetic and sypathetic 

midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata