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What are the accessory organs in the digestive tract?
Tongue
Salivary glands
Pancreas
Liver
Gallbladder
Is the esophagus an accessory organ?
No.
What is absorption?
Uptake of nutrients from the digestive tract into the blood stream.
If a surgeon were to remove a tumor from the stomach which layer would she/he have to cut thru?
Serosa.
Where is the the myenteric plexus located in the digestive tract wall?
Muscularis.
Which nerve do parasympathetic fibers pass through to get to the GI tract?
Vegus nerve.
What does acetylcholine do in the GI tract?
Stimulates.
Is epinephrine inhibitory or stimulatory?
Inhibitory.
What is the role of serotonin in the digestive tract?
Stimulates digestive tract motility.
What line the outer abdominal wall?
Parietal peritoneum.
What is the function of the falciform ligament?
Attaches liver to the abdominal wall.
Where are the parotid glands located?
Anterior to the ear on each side of the head.
What are the muscles layers of the stomach?
Outer Longitudinal muscle layer
Middle Circular muscle layer
Inner Oblique muscle layer
Where is lingual lipase activated?
Activated by stomach acid and acts in the stomach.
What kind of epithelium is found in the esophagus?
Stratified squamous epithelium.
How is pepsin activated in the stomach?
Hydrochloric acid.
What does the haustra do to the small intestine?
Nothing. Trick question. The haustra belongs to the large intestine.
Sphincter of oddi
Controls flow of bile and pancreatic juice to duodenum.
Pyloric sphincter
Controls flow of chyme from stomach to duodenum.
Cardiac sphincter
Controls flow of food between esophagus & stomach.
Ileocecal valve
Controls flow of feces between ileum & cecum
What is the function of the peristalsis?
Moves food down the digestive tract.
What are the fat soluble vitamins?
A, D, E, & K. They are absorb to the lacteals (lymph).
Where is most of the water absorb in the digestive tract system?
Ileum & Colon
What cells make up oxyntic factors?
Parietal cells.
What is oxyntic factors function?
Absorption of vitamin B12
What is an emulsifier?
Bile Salts
What is the function of the epiglottis?
Cover the glottis (trachea).
What are examples of sugars and starch?
Carbohydrates
What are carbohydrates when absorbed into the blood stream?
Monosacharides
What do cells rely on for energy?
Glucose
ATP production occurring in the krepp cycle?
True
False
False
What is excess glucose converted to first?
Glycogen
Where is glycogen mostly stored in the body?
Liver and muscle
How does the body make triglycerides?
Lipids and 3 Fatty acids
What is the meaning of essential amino acids?
Must be ingested.
Where is iron found?
Blood (hemoglobin)
Amino Acid's (AA's) -> Glucose
Gluconeogensis
Glucose -> Amino Acids -> Fat
Hypogensis
Glycogen -> Glucose
Glycogeralysis
Glucose -> Glycogen
Glycogenesis
NADH+H+
Carries electrons to electron transport chain.
What is the rule of the oxygen electron transport chain?
Final electron acceptor is oxygen.
How does the body break down fatty acids?
Beta-oxidation
What does ketosis in the urine indicate?
The breakdown of fatty acids.
What is metabolizing amino acids converted to?
Ammonia
What part of the brain controls body temperature?
Hypothalamus
What is the glucose normal range?
between 3.9 and 5.5
When glucose gets metabolize without the presence of oxygen?
Lactid acid.
What is the energy currency of the cell?
ATP
What is the process when the body is making protein?
Anabolism
What kind of macro-molecules are antibodies?
Proteins
Humeral mediated
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Card Set
Chapter 24-25
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Anatomy & Physiology II
Updated
2016-07-27T07:40:41Z
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