Anatomy

Physical and chemical breakdown of food

Digestive tract; extends from the mouth to the anus

Food broken down by chewing and mixed with saliva

Small mass of tissue hanging from the soft palate at the back of the mouth

Chewing

Protein produced by living organisms that causes biochemical changes

Wavelike motions that propel food through the digestive track

Semiliquid contents of the stomach after it has been mixed with stomach acid

Inflamation of the stomach and intestines

Serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds over and protects intestines.

Membrane that attaches itself to the small and large intestines and holds them in place

Enlarged,saclike portion of the alimentary canal; one of the main organs of digestuion

Controls secretions of hydrochloric acid, in addition to many other responsibilities.

Vascular projections of the small intestine for absorption of nutrients

Attached to the secum

Elimination of feces

Organ that secretes bile; active in the formulation of certain blood proteins and the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins

duct from the liver to the gallbladder

Hormone functions to regulate the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, especially the conversionof glucose to glycogen, which lowers the blood glucose level

energy production after the absorption of nutrients

Difficulty in defication caused by hard, compacted stool; lack of water absorption in the large intestine

Digestive gas

yellowish discoloration of the skin caused by a breakdown of bilirubin

Reflux into the esophagus of stomach acids and food

Inflamation of the liver caused by viral infection

Colon twisting on itself

Taking nutrition into the body

Taking in of nutrients through the stomach and intestines

Digestive tract

ringlike muscle that allos openings to open and close

Portion of the colon extending from the cecum to the rectum

23 foot long section that absorbs nutrients into the blood using villi.