Digestive System B

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This secretion begins the digestion of lipids in the oral cavity

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Lingual lipase

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This organ is the main location of water & vitamin absorption

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Large intestine

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This secretion begins the digestion of lipids in the oral cavity

Lingual lipase

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This organ is the main location of water & vitamin absorption

Large intestine

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Tooth used for crushing & grinding

Bicuspids or molars

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The muscular layer of the digestive tract responsible for peristalsis

Muscularis

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

Circular folds & intestinal villi

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The structure that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder

Ureters

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The only two organs that absorb nutrients

small & large intestine

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The hormone that controls variable water reabsorption in the DCT

ADH (antidiuretics hormone)

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This cell secretes HCI

Parietal cells

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List the accessory organs of the digestive system

Salivary glands, pancreas, gallbladder, liver

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

Pharynx

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These are not removed from the blood during filtration

Blood cells, proteins

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Secretions of the gastric glands

HCI, pepsinogen

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The breakdown of food into smaller pieces

Mechanical digestion

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

Secretion

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

Serosa

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Secretions of the pancreas

Lipases, amylase, proteases, insulin, glucagon

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The name for gastric contents after processing in the stomach

Chyme

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

Submucosa

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The functional unit of the kidney, responsible for excretion

Nephron

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Lingual lipase is produced by this structure

Tongue

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These are the endocrine cells of the pancreas that secrete insulin

Pancreatic islet cells

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This structure transports the bolus to the stomach

esophagus

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Locations where mechanical digestion occurs

Oral cavity, stomach, small intestine

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The structure in which reabsorption takes place

PCT, nephron loop, DCT