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A & P chapters 20 & 21

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show Ingestion,digestion, absorption,elimination.  
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show Alimentary canal consists of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine  
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What is the purpose of mechanical digestion and where in the digestive does it take place?   show
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What is the purpose of chemical digestion and where in the digestive does it take place?   show
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show tube through which a food bolus passes when moved from the mouth to the esophagus.  
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What is the function of the esophagus?   show
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What is the function lower esophageal sphicter or cardiac sphincer?   show
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What is the function of Hydrochloric acid? Where are they secreted? What is the function of Pepsin? where are they secreted?   show
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show breaks down carbohydrates (starches) into glucose that the body can use/secreted in the mouth (saliva) and with pancreatic juices.  
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show The primary function of the small intestine is the absorption of nutrients and minerals found in food.  
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What are the 3 parts of the small intestines.   show
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What is the function of the villi in the small intestines?   show
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How do the liver, gallbladder and pancreas contribute to digestion?   show
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What are the parts of the large intestine?   show
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show permits material to pass from the ileum into the large intestine, but not usually in the reverse direction.  
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show The main functions of the colon are absorption of water and minerals, and the formation and elimination of feces  
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show stores and concentrates bile. releases when needed  
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What are the functions of the pancreas?   show
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show detoxifies, participates in metabolism, stores iron and vitamins/ produces important plasma proteins, secretes bile.  
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What are the functions of the stomach?   show
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show Exchanges and distributes gases, warms/filters/humidifies air we breathe,provides vocal communication and olfaction, and regulates our body.  
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What system is essential to help carry out the respiratory system functions?   show
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show process of inhalation and exhalation  
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Ventilation   show
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Respiration   show
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show nose-passageway for air to lungs,filter pharynx-(throat) common pathway for air & food, modifies speech production larynx-voice box trachea-windpipe, passageway for air bronchi-filters, alveoli does gas exhange lungs- gas distributor and gas exchange  
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Explain the mechanism of breathing including the acts of inhaling and exhaling.   show
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How are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs and at the cellular level?   show
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show external respiration is between outside enviroment and lungs as well as between aleveoli and capillaries. Internal respiration is cellular respiration. Occurs between cells and blood  
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Name the parts of the brain that has the respiratory centers that control the respirations of teh body.   show
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show Volume air exhaled after a normal breath  
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Vital Capacity   show
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show the amount of air that can be forcible inspired over and above a normal inspiration  
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Expiratory reserve   show
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Residual volume   show
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