Do You Know About Gastrointestinal Tract Flashcards

Do you know about the gastrointestinal tract? This part of the human body is charged with digesting the food one ingests and absorbs energy from it and discards what is not needed by the body. By looking at the flashcards, you will get to know how the process carried out and what is involved. All the best learning and come back for more.

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Front Back
SEROUS MEMBRANE FORMING A PROTECTIVE COVER (ABDOMINAL LINING)
PERITONEUM
WHAT ARE THE TWO LAYERS OF THE PERITONEUM?
PARIETAL PERITONEUM AND THE VISCERAL PERITONEUM
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PARIETAL PERITONEUM AND THE VISCERAL PERITONEUM
PARITONEAL CAVITY
WHAT MUSCLES FORM THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR BORDER OF THE ABDOMEN?
RECTUS ABDOMINIS FORM THE ANTERIOR BORDER AND VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND LUMBAR MUSCLES FORM THE POSTERIOR
WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT?
INGEST AND DIGEST FOOD, ABSORB NUTRIENTS, ELECTROLYTES AND WATER AND TO EXCRETE WASTE PRODUCTS
WHAT BREAKS DOWN PROTEINS AND CONVERTS THEM TO PEPTONES AND AMINO ACIDS?
PEPSIN
WHERE DOES LIQUIFIED FOOD (CHYME) GO TO AFTER IT LEAVES THE STOMACH?
THE DUODENUM OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
WHAT OCCURS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE
INGESTED FOOD IS MIXED, DIGESTED AND ABSORBED
WHAT ARE THE THREE SEGMENTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE?
THE DUODENUM, JEJUNUM AND ILEUM
WHAT STRUCTURE PREVENTS BACKFLOW OF FECAL MATTER BETWEEN THE ILEUM AND THE LARGE INTESTINE?
ILEOCECAL VALVE
WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF THE COLON?
ASCENDING, TRANSVERSE AND DESCENDING
WHAT IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE?
TO ABSORB WATER AND ELECTROLYTES
WHAT IS THE LARGEST (WEIGHT) ORGAN IN THE BODY?
LIVER
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE GALLBLADDER?
TO CONCENTRATE AND STORE BILE PRODUCED IN THE LIVER
WHAT CAUSES THE BROWN COLOR OF FECES?
BILE