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| 1. What do the salivary glands produce and secrete? |
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| 2. What enzyme is in saliva, and what is the function of that enzyme? |
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| salivary amylase, chemical breakdown of starch/carbohydrates |
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| 3. What is the function of saliva? |
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| cleanses mouth and dissolves food chemicals so it can be tasted |
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| 4. Which salivary gland is located anterior to the ears? |
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| 5. Which salivary gland is located inferior to the mandible? |
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| 6. Which salivary gland is located below the tongue? |
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| 7. What two glands have their ducts opening into the space under the tongue? |
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| submandibular and sublingual |
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| 8. Are the salivary glands endocrine or exocrine organs? |
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| exocrine organs (they have ducts) |
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| 9. What is the largest gland in the body? |
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| 10. Which quadrant is the liver located in? |
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| 11. What is the largest lobe in the liver? |
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| 12. What lobe of the liver is located between the gallbladder and left lobe? |
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| 13. What lobe of the liver is located between the inferior vena cava and left lobe? |
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| 14. What structure is located in the middle of the inferior side of the liver? |
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| 15. What would you find in the hepatic porta? |
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| hepatic artery proper, hepatic portal vein, and common hepatic duct |
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| 16. What does the liver store glucose as? |
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| 17. What does the liver remove from the blood? |
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| 18. What does the hepatocytes in the liver produce? |
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| 19. Where is bile stored? |
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| 20. What duct is formed from the union of the right and left hepatic ducts? |
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| 21. What duct carries bile away from the gallbladder? |
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| 22. What duct is formed from the union of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct? |
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| 23. Where does the common bile duct go? |
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| to pancreas where it joins with pancreatic duct |
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| 24. what is formed from the union of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct? |
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| 25. What structure drains secretions from the hepatopancreatic ampulla? |
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| 26. What are most gallstones made of and what can cause them? |
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| hardened cholesterol / high cholesterol diet |
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| 27. Why can gallstones become a serious problem? |
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| they can lodge in bile ducts and block bile flow causing damage or infection |
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| inflammation of the liver |
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| 29. What could cause hepatitis? |
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| viral infections or toxins (alcohol) |
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| 30. What types of hepatitis are there and which one is the most common? |
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| Hepatitis A (30% of all cases), Hepatitis B (50% of all cases), and Hepatitis C (20% of all cases) |
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| 31. What is the main concern with hepatitis? |
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| liver cells die and replaced with scar tissue - lose liver function - can result in liver failure |
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| death of hepatocytes replaced by fibrous CT |
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| 33. What would a liver of someone with cirrhosis look like? |
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| liver is pale, firmer, and has a nodular surface |
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| 34. Is alcohol the only thing that can cause cirrhosis? |
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| 35. Is the pancreas an exocrine or endocrine gland? |
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| 36. What two substances produced by endocrine part of pancreas help regulate blood sugar? |
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| 37. What does the exocrine part of the pancreas produce? |
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| enzymes (digest carbs, fats, proteins) and HCO3- ions (neutralize acidic chyme) |
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| 38. Where do the exocrine secretions from the pancreas get dumped? |
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