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Module 5: Digestive & Respiratory Systems Flashcards

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Greenish-yellow or brownish fluid produced in and secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and released into the small intestine.

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Bile

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A rounded mass of food prepared by the mouth for swallowing; any soft round mass.

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Bolus

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The blind-ended pouch at the beginning of the large intestine.

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Cecum

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Semifluid, creamy mass consisting of partially digested food and gastric juice.

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Chyme

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5
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First part of the small intestine.

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Duodenum

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6
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A protein that acts as a biological catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction.

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Enzyme

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Muscular tube extending from the laryngopharynx through the diaphragm to join the stomach; collapses when not involved in food propulsion.

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Esophagus

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Sac beneath the right lobe of the liver used for bile storage.

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Gallbladder

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Opening between the vocal cords in the larynx.

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Glottis

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10
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Terminal part of the small intestine; between the jejunum and the cecum of the large intestine.

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Ileum

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The part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum.

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Jejunum

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Portion of the digestive tract extending from the ileocecal valve to the anus; includes the cecum, appendix, colon, rectum, and anal canal.

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Large Intestine

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Lobed accessory organ that overlies the stomach; produces bile to help digest fat, and serves other metabolic and regulatory functions.

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Liver

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Gland located behind the stomach, between the spleen and the duodenum; produces both endocrine and exocrine secretions.

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Pancreas

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Progressive, wavelike contractions that move foodstuffs through the alimentary tube organs (or that move other substances through other hollow body organs).

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Peristalsis

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16
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Muscular tube extending from the region posterior to the nasal cavities to the esophagus.

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Pharynx

17
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Elevations or ridges, as in stomach mucosa.

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Rugae

18
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Convoluted tube extending from the pyloric sphincter to the ileocecal valve where it joins the large intestine; the site where digestion is completed and virtually all absorption occurs.

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Small intestine

19
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A circular muscle surrounding an opening; acts as a valve.

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Sphincter

20
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Temporary reservoir in the gastrointestinal tract where chemical breakdown of proteins begins and food is converted into chyme.

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Stomach

21
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One of the fingerlike projections of the small intestinal mucosa that tremendously increase its surface area for absorption.

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Villus

22
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(1) One of the microscopic air sacs of the lungs; (2) tiny milk-producing glandular sac in the breast; (3) tooth socket.

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Alveolus

23
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Receptor in the aortic arch sensitive to changing oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels of the blood.

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Aortic body

24
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1 mm in diameter) branching air passageways inside the lungs.

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Bronchiole

25
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One of the two large branches of the trachea that leads to the lungs.

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Bronchus

26
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A receptor in the common carotid artery sensitive to changing oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels of the blood.

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Carotid body

27
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(1) Any partition or wall separating one area from another; (2) a muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the lower abdominopelvic cavity.

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Diaphragm

28
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Elastic cartilage at the back of the throat; covers the opening of the larynx during swallowing.

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Epiglottis

29
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Opening between the vocal cords in the larynx.

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Glottis

30
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Exchange of gases between blood and tissue fluid and between tissue fluid and cells.

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Internal respiration

31
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Cartilaginous organ located between the trachea and the pharynx; voice box.

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Larynx

32
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Oxygen-bound form of hemoglobin.

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Oxyhemoglobin

33
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Muscular tube extending from the region posterior to the nasal cavities to the esophagus.

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Pharynx

34
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Two layers of serous membrane that line the thoracic cavity and cover the external surface of the lung.

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Pleurae

35
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The processes involved in supplying the body with oxygen and disposing of carbon dioxide.

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Respiration

36
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Secretion produced by certain cells of the alveoli that reduces the surface tension of water molecules, thus preventing the collapse of the alveoli after each expiration.

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Surfactant

37
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Windpipe; cartilage-reinforced tube extending from larynx to bronchi.

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Trachea

38
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The volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs by forcible expiration after the deepest inspiration; total exchangeable air.

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Vital capacity

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