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| The Peritoneums (what the cover) |
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Definition
Visceral Peritoneum covers the external surfaces of most digestive organs.
Perietal Peritoneum lines the body wall |
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Term
| How tooth attaches to bone |
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Definition
| The periodontal ligament anchors the tooth in the bony alveolus of the jaw. |
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| 4 Secretory Cells and what they produce |
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Definition
1)Mucous Neck Cells - thin, soluble mucus
2)Parietal Cells - Hydrochloric Acid
3)Chief Cells - pepsinogen
4)Enteroendocrine Cells - Gastrin |
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| Gastric Emptying (Vomiting) |
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Definition
-also known as Emesis
-an unpleasant experience that causes stomach emptying by a different route |
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Term
| 3 Sections of Small Intestine and Length of Each |
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Definition
1)Duodenum - 25cm(10 in)
2)Jejunum - 2.5m (8 ft)
3)Ileum - 3.6m (12 ft) |
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Definition
1)Hepatic Artery - supplying O2 rich blood to liver
2)Heaptic Portal Vein - blood laden with nutrients from digestive viscera
3)Bile Duct |
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Definition
-aka Kupffer Cells
-form part of sinusoid walls and remove debris such as bacteria and worn-out blood cells from the blood as it flows past |
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Term
| Falciform Ligament (liver) |
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Definition
-separates the right and left lobes of the liver
-suspends the liver from the diaphragm and anterior abdominal wall |
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Definition
-fibrous remnant of the fetal umbilical vein
-runs along inferior edge of falciform ligament and aids it |
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| Composition of Bile (recycling) |
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Definition
-Bile salts are conserved by means of enterohepatic circulation(recycling)
1)reabsorbed into the blood by ileum
2)returned to liver via the hepatic portal blood
3)resecreted in newly formed bile |
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Definition
| -Chief bile pigment is bilrubin, a waste product of the heme of hemoglobin formed during the breakdown of worn-out erythrocytes |
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| Chemical Digestion of Carbohydrates |
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Definition
-monosaccharides absorbed immediately
-glucose, fructose, galactose are common
-more complex disaccharides and polysaccharides are broken down by digestive system |
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| Chemical Digestion of Starch |
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Definition
-begins in the mouth with salivary amylase which splits starch up
-then goes to stomach acid and broken apart more
-then to small intestine where chemical digestion officially ends |
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