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ORAL CAVITY
PHARYNX
ESOPHAGUS
STOMACH
DUEDENUM
JEJUNUM
ILEUM
CECUM
ASCENDING COLON
TRANSVERSE COLON
DESCENDING COLON
SIGMOID COLON
RECTUM
ANUS |
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| FOUR FUNCTIONS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM |
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INGESTION
DIGESTION
ABSORPTION
ELIMINATION |
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DUODENUM
1 foot long; receives food from stomache, bile from liver/gallbladder, and pancreatic juices from pancreas; enzymes/bile help digest food
JEJUNUM
8 feet long
ILEUM
11 feet long |
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CECUM
pouch on R side that connects to ileum
appendix hangs from cecum
COLON
5 feet long; 4 parts
ASCENDING COLON
extends from cecum to underside of liver
turns to the left (hepatic flexure)
TRANSVERSE COLON
passes horizontally to left toward spleen
turns downward (splenic flexure)
DESCENDING COLON
SIGMOID COLON
S-shaped
RECTUM
terminates in lower opening of GI tract |
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| PASSAGE OF MATERIALS THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM |
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| SMALL BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS, RELEASE WHEN PROTEINS ARE DIGESTED |
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| ENZYME SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS AND SALIVARY GLANDS TO DIGEST STARCH |
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| TERMINAL END OR OPENING OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
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BLIND POUCH HANGING FROM THE CECUM
LITERALLY MEANS HANGING (pend/o) ONTO (ap-) |
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DIGESTIVE JUICE MADE IN LIVER AND STORED IN GALLBLADDER.
BREAKS UP LARGE FAT GLOBULES
COMPOSED OF BILE PIGMENTS, CHOLESTEROL, AND BILE SALTS |
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| PIGMENT RELEASED BY LIVER IN BILE |
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POINTED, DOG-LIKE TEETH
ALSO CALLED CUSPIDS |
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CARRIES BILE FROM LIVER AND GALLBLADDER TO DUODENUM
ALSO CALLED CHOLEDOCHUS |
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PRIMARY MATERIAL FOUND IN TEETH
COVERED BY ENAMEL IN CROWN, CEMENTUM IN ROOT |
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PHYSICAL PROCESS OF BREAKING UP LARGE FAT GLOBULES INTO SMALLER GLOBULES
INCREASING SURFACEC AREA THAT ENZYMES CAN USE TO DIGEST FAT |
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