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When substance are used for raw materials for synthesizing essential compounds.
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| When substances are decomposed to provide the energy that cells need to continue functioning. |
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require:
1. Oxygen
2. Organic molecules
-carbs
-fats
-proteins |
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1. Digestive Tract
(gastrointestinal tract)
2. Accessory organs |
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-Oral Cavity
-Pharynx
-Esophagus
-Stomach
-Small Intestine
-Large Intestine |
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| Accessory Digestive Organs |
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1. Teeth
2. Tongue
3. Glandular organs
-salivaryglands
-liver
-pancreas
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| Chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments suitable for absorption by the epithelium |
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| The release of water, acids, enzymes, buffers, and salts by the epithelium of the digestive tract and the glandular organs |
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| movement of organic substrates, electrolytes, vitamins, and water across the digestive epithelium and in to the interstitial fluid of the digestive tract. |
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| The removal of waste products from body fluids. |
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| The ejection of materials from the digestive tract. |
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| Lining of the digestive tracts role: |
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Safeguard surrounding tissue against:
1. corrosive effects of digestive acids & enzymes
2. mechanical stresses
3. bacteria (from food or in digestive tract) |
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-In the abdominopelvic cavity
-Peritoneal fluid seperates the parietal and visceral surfaces
-relative movement can occur without friction |
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| Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity that creates a characteristic abdominal swelling. |
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Sheets of serous membrane that connect the patietal peritoneum with the visceral peritoneum.
Portions of digestive tract are suspended within the peritoneal cavity by it.
Double sheets of peritoneal membrane.
Stabilize the position of attached organs. |
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| Stabilizes the position of the stomach and provides an access route for blood vessels and other structures entering or leaving the liver. |
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| Helps stabilize the position of the liver relative to the diaphragm and abdominal wall. |
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| Hangs like an apron from the lateral and inferior borders of the stomach. |
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| A mesentery associated with a portion of the large intestine. |
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| supports the transverse colon |
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| supports the sigmoid colon |
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Inflammation of the peritoneal membrane. A painful condition that interferes with the normal functioning of the affected organs.
Physical damage, chemical irritation, and bacterial invasion of the peritoneum can lead to severe and even fatal cases of peritonitis. |
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| Major layers of the DIGESTIVE TRACT |
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1. Mucosa
2. submucosa
3. muscularis externa
4. serosa |
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Inner lining of the digestive tract.
A mucous membrane consisting of an epithelium, moistened by glandular secretions, and a lamina propria of areolar tissue. |
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| Stratified squamous epithelium |
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| ine the oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus |
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| Simple columnar epithelium |
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contain goblet cells.
line the stomach, small intestine, and almost the entire length of the large intestine. |
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Among the columnar cells.
Secrete hormones that coordinate the activities of the digestive tract and the accessory glands. |
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