Digestive System B

This secretion begins the digestion of lipids in the oral cavity

Lingual lipase

This organ is the main location of water & vitamin absorption

Large intestine

Tooth used for crushing & grinding

Bicuspids or molars

The muscular layer of the digestive tract responsible for peristalsis

Muscularis

These structures increase the surface area of the mucosa of the small intestine

Circular folds & intestinal villi

The structure that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder

Ureters

The only two organs that absorb nutrients

small & large intestine

The hormone that controls variable water reabsorption in the DCT

ADH (antidiuretics hormone)

This cell secretes HCI

Parietal cells

List the accessory organs of the digestive system

Salivary glands, pancreas, gallbladder, liver

This is the common passageway for solid foods, liquids, and air

Pharynx

These are not removed from the blood during filtration

Blood cells, proteins

Secretions of the gastric glands

HCI, pepsinogen

The breakdown of food into smaller pieces

Mechanical digestion

The last chance for wastes & water to be removed from blood

Secretion

The outer, protective layer that surrounds the digestive tract within the abdominal cavity

Serosa

Secretions of the pancreas

Lipases, amylase, proteases, insulin, glucagon

The name for gastric contents after processing in the stomach

Chyme

The connective tissue layer of the digestive tract that contains blood vessels and glands

Submucosa

The functional unit of the kidney, responsible for excretion

Nephron

Lingual lipase is produced by this structure

Tongue

These are the endocrine cells of the pancreas that secrete insulin

Pancreatic islet cells

This structure transports the bolus to the stomach

esophagus

Locations where mechanical digestion occurs

Oral cavity, stomach, small intestine

The structure in which reabsorption takes place

PCT, nephron loop, DCT