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| Food is taken into the mouth and is broken down |
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| Absorption of food as it passes through the small intestine |
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| Elimination of solid waste materials in the form of feces or stool |
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| When food is chewed, saliva starts digesting carbohydrates |
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| Muscles, in a process called peristalsis, push the food down into your stomach |
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| Everything is blended with digestive juices. Hydrochloric acid kills bacteria. Enzymes break down proteins |
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| A green liquid called bile, which is stored in your liver, is secreted to break down fats |
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| Many kinds of digestive enzymes are made here |
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| Food is mixed with bile from your liver and juices from your pancreas to be sent back to your liver for more processing |
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| Indigestible food and water are processed, stored and dispersed |
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| Solid waste passes from the rectum in order to leave your body |
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| Form the walls of the oval-shaped oral cavity |
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| Surround the opening of the mouth |
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| Anterior portion of the roof of the mouth |
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| Lies posterior to the hard palate |
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| Small soft tissue projection, hangs from soft palate |
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| Extends across the floor of the oral cavity and muscles attached to jaw |
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| Lymphatic tissue located in depressions of the mucous membranes |
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| Fleshy tissue that surround the sockets of the teeth |
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| 32 permanent teeth in the entire oral cavity which aide in the breakdown of food |
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| 9-10 inch muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach |
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| The involuntary, progressive, rhythmic contraction of muscles in the wall of the esophagus that propels food toward the stomach |
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| Extends for 20 feet from the pyloric sphincter to the first part of the large intestine |
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| First part of the small intestine |
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| Second part of the small intestine |
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| Third part of the small intestine |
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| Approximately 5 feet long and has three divisions |
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| First part of the large intestine |
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| Second part of the large intestine |
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| Third part of the large intestine |
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| 9-10 inch muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach |
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| The involuntary, progressive, rhythmic contraction of muscles in the wall of the esophagus that propels food toward the stomach |
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| Extends for 20 feet from the pyloric sphincter to the first part of the large intestine |
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| First part of the small intestine |
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| Second part of the small intestine |
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| Third part of the small intestine |
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| Approximately 5 feet long and has three divisions |
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| First part of the large intestine |
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| Second part of the large intestine |
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| Third part of the large intestine |
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| Hypochondriac/Epigastric/Lumbar/Umbilical/Inguinal/Hypogastric |
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Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
Left Upper Quandrant (LUQ)
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)
Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ) |
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| A disorder characterized by fear of becoming fat and refusal of food, leading to debility and even death |
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| Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen; can occur as complication of trauma, perforated ulcer, appendicites |
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| Acute or chronic condition in which bowel movements occur less than usual or consist of hard, dry stools that are painful or difficult to pass |
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| Loose, water stools; occurring 3 or more times a day |
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| Difficulty swallowing, or the feeling that food is "sticking" in your throat or chest. Feeling is actually in esophagus. Can experience with both solid or liquid |
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| Gas generated in the alimentary canal |
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| Yellow discoloration of the whites of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile salts in these tissues. It occurs as a symptom of various diseases that affect processing of bile |
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| A sensation of accompanying the urge but not always leading to vomiting; characterized by gastrointestinal distress |
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| Gastroesoophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) |
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| Condition in which the stomach contents leak backwards from the stomach into the esophagus. It can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms |
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| Usually a sac formed by the lining of the abdominal cavity; The sac comes through a hole or weak area in the fascia, the strong layer of the abdominal wall that surrounds the muscle |
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