Sistema Digestivo

Flashcards for reviewing the digestive system, including the digestive tract, accessory organs, and general functions.

Sistema Digestivo

A set of organs responsible for conducting food, digesting it, and absorbing its nutrients.

Digestive System

An open system in contact with the outside at both ends, divided into the digestive tract and accessory organs.

Tubo digestivo

Also known as the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT).

Organos accesorios

Páncreas, hígado, and vías biliares are examples of this.

Funciones generales

Ingestion, motility, secretion, digestion, absorption, storage, and elimination.

Mucosa

Epithelium, connective tissue, and a muscular layer.

Submucosa

Connective tissue, glands, and lymphatic tissue.

Muscular externa

Can be skeletal or smooth muscle, depending on location.

Serosa

Connective tissue and epithelium.

Plexo de Meissner

Located in the submucosa.

Plexo de Auerbach

Also known as the myenteric plexus