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DigestiveSyste
organs of the digestive tract
Question | Answer |
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opening through which food passes into the body | mouth |
alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal tract | digestive tract |
consists mostly of skeletal muscle | tongue |
separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity | palate |
posterior portion, not supported by bone | soft palate |
anterior portion, supported by bone | hard palate |
soft v shaped mass that extends from the soft palate, directs food into the throat | uvula |
performs the swallowing action that passes food from mouth into esophagus | pharynx, throat |
10 inch tube that extends from the pharynx to stomach | esophagus |
j shaped sac that mixes and stores food | stomach |
area around the opening of the esophagus | cardia |
uppermost domed portion of stomach | fundus |
central portion of the stomach | body |
lower portion of stomach | antrum |
portion of the stomach that connects to the small intestine | pylorus |
ring of muscle that guards the openinig between the stomach and the duodenum | pyloric shincter |
20 foot canal extending from the pyloric sphincter to the large intestine | small intestine |
first 10 to 12 inches of the small intestine | duodenum |
second portion of the small intestine | jejunum |
third portion of the small intestine | ileum |
canal that is approximately 5 feet long and extends from the ileum to the anus | large intestine |
blind u shaped pouch that is the first portion of the large intestine | cecum |
next portion of the large intestine | colon |
remaining portion of large intestine | rectum |
sphincter muscle at the end of the digestive tract | anus |
produces salvia, which flows into mouth | salivary glands |
produces bile | liver |
passageways that carry bile | bile ducts |
stores bile | gallbladder |
produces pancreatic juice, secretes insulin | pancreas |
serous saclike lining of the abdominal and pelvic cavities | peritoneum |
small punch (vermiform appendix | appendix |
portion of the body between the thorax and pelvis | abdomen |