Chapter 23: Topics 1-3

6 essential activities in digestive process?

Activate or inhibit digestive glands and stimulate smooth muscle to mix and remove lumen contents?

Respond to stretch, changes in osmolarity and pH, and presence of substrate and end products of digestion?

Enteric nerve plexuses that respond to stimuli in GI tract?

Respond to stimuli inside or outside GI tract; involves CNS centers and automatic nerves?

What essential activity in digestion is "taking food in thru mouth"?

What essential activity in digestion is "involving swallowing, initiated by voluntary & peristalsis"?

Involuntary contraction and relaxation of muscle walls?

Breakdown of food by chewing, mixing food with saliva?

Breakdown of complex food molecules?

Minerals/vitamins that transport into blood (small intestine)?

Eliminates waste?

Mouth to anus is what group of organs?

What organs contain the accessory organs?