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A&P Digestive System D

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  • what is the last part of the small intestine?
    Ileum
  • what are the most important digestive juices?
    pancreatic juices
  • What is the main function of the gall bladder?
    store bile from liver
  • What are the "fingers" covering the plicae?
    villi
  • What happens when the gall bladder contracts?
    stimulates release of bile into the duodenum (small intestine)
  • What are the 3 sections of the small intestine?
    duodenum, jejunum, Ileum
  • The liver can be categorized as this kind of gland?
    exocrine gland
  • What drains bile out of the liver into duodenum (small intestine)
    hepatic ducts
  • what does bile do?
    breaks down fats
  • Why can the liver be categorized as as an exocrine gland?
    secretes juices, bile, into the intestines
  • What secretes digestive juices?
    intestinal glands
  • Where does most of the digestion take place?
    small intestine
  • What is 20 feet long, smaller in diameter than the larger one and consists of three sections?
    small intestine
  • what are circular folds lining the intestine?
    plicae
  • what happens if there is a blockage in the gall bladder?
    jaundice (yellow skin and eyes)
  • What is located in the upper right quadrant of the torso?
    liver
  • what is the second part of the small intestine?
    jujunum
  • What is the first part of the small intestine, and most of the digestion occurs here?
    duodenum
  • What triggers the gall bladder?
    chyme entering small intestine, which triggers CCK, which triggers gall bladder
  • The Plicae contains blood and lymph vessels to absorb what?
    products of carbohydrate and proteins from digestion and fats and lipids from chyme
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