Define the Following Terms of the Digestive System Flashcards

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MESENTERY
STRUCTURE THAT SUSPENDS THE SMALL INTESTINES FROM THE POSTERIOR BODY WALL
VILLI
FINGER-LIKE EXTENSIONS OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA THAT INCREAE THE SURFACE AREA
PEYER'S PATCH
COLLECTIONS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE FOUND IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
PLICAE CIRCULARES
FOLDS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE WALL
ORAL CAVITY STOMACH
TWO ANATOMICAL REGIONS INVOLVED IN THE PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN OF FOOD
TONGUE
ORGAN THAT MIXES FOOD IN THE MOUTH
PHARYNX
COMMON PASSAGE FOR FOOD AND AIR
GREATER OMENTUM LESSER OMENTUM MESENTERY
THREE EXTENSION/ MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERITONEUM
ESOPHAGUS
LITERALLY A FOOD CHUTE; HAS NO DIGESTIVE OT ABSORPTIVE ROLE
RUGAE
FOLDS OF THE STOMACH MUCOSA
HAUSTRA
SACLIKE OUTPOCKETINGS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE WALL
MICROVILLI
PROJECTIONS OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF A CELL THAT INCREASE THE CELL'S SURFACE AREA
ILEOCECAL VALVE
PREVENTS FOOD FROM MOVING INTO THE SMALL INTESTINE ONCE IT HAS ENTERED THE LARGE INTESTINE
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
SEROSA OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY WALL
COLON
ORGAN PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN WATER ABSORPTION AND FECES FORMATION