Flashcards
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONTINUATION
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1WHAT IS A STOMACH?A STOMACH IS SHAPED LIKE A BAG.FOOD IS STORED IN THE STOMACH FOR 1-6 HOURS.
- 2WHAT IS THE SMALL INTESTINE?THE LONGEST PART OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.
- 3WHAT IS THE LARGE INTESTINE?THE LARGE INTESTINE IS THE FINAL SECTION OF YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT.
- 4NAME TYPES OF DIGESTIVE DISORDERSVOMITING,DIARRHOEA,HEARTBURN AND APPENDICITUS.
- 5WHAT IS A DUODENUM?THE FIRST PART OF THE SMALLL INTESTINE.
- 6WHAT IS A BILE?A GREENISH LIQUID RESPONSIBLE FOR MECHANICAL DIGESTION OF FATS.
- 7WHAT IS A PANCREAS?AN ORGAN THAT IS CONNECTED TO IT THAT PRODUCES PANCREATIC JUICE.
- 8WHAT IS A VILLI?MICROSCOPIC 'FINGERS' THAT GREATLY INCREASE THE SURFACE AREA OF THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE.
- 9WHAT IS GASTRIC JUICE?A MIXTURE OF CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY CELLS IN THE STOMACH WALL.
- 10WHAT IS AN ANUS?A SPHINCTER MUSCLE AT THE END OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.
- 11WHAT IS A SPHICINTER?A CIRCLE OF MUSCLE.
