Digestive/Urinary System

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Digestive System

Extracting nutrients from foods for later use.

Salivary Amylase

Salava enzyme that kickstarts chemical digestion

Small Intestine

What is the main place where nutrients are absorbed?

Villi

What helps to increase surface area to further assist aborption in the digestive tract?

Bile

A product made by the kidneys that is stored in the kidneys to help digest lipids.

Large Intestine

What helps to finalize bile into feeces and to absorb water?

Lactose Intolerance

Someone that lacks the enzyme Lactose, therefore can’t digest it properly

Constipation

Infrequent pooping cycles due to lack of fiber and/or water.

Peptic Ulcer

An open sore commonly caused by Helicobacter pylori

Gastrophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD)

When the stomach acid reaches the esophagus

Peristalsis

The involontary movement of food throughout the body.

Urinary System

What system helps to maintain homeostasis by flltering blood?

Kidneys

What helps to filter blood and create bile?

Nephrons

Uterus

The two tubes from the kidne that brings urine into the bladder?

Bladder

The muscle that holds blood until it’s ready.

Nephrons

What helps to filter blood in the kidneys?

Urea and Creatine

Waste products from protein metabolism

Micturition

Medical Term for urination

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Constant need to urinate or burning during urination due to e.coli infecting the system.

Lithotripsy

The process to break up kidney stones via a medical procedure

Kidney Stones

Waste products that is hard minerals and salts.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Loss of kidney use usually by diabetes or hypertesion.

Dialysis

Artificial filteration of the blood.