Memmler's Structure And Function Of The Human Body 11Ed, Chapter 17 The Digestive System Study Guide!!

MEMMLER'S STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN
BODY 11ED, CHAPTER 17 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM STUDY
GUIDE!!
The reason why food has to be digested before cells can use it.
Answers It has be to small enough to pass through the plasma membrane of cells.
The largest serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers the
organs it contains.


Answers peritineum
Four layers of the digestive tract from the innermost to the outermost.


Answers mucosa (mucous membrane)
submucosa
muscular externa (smooth muscle)
serous membrane (serosa)
Form of motility that occurs in the esophagus.


Answers peristalsis
Rhythmic contractions of the circular muscle layer that mixes food with digestive
juice, occurs in the small intestine.


Answers segmentation
Type of food that is digested in the stomach by gastric juice.


Answers proteins
Three divisions of the small intestine.

, Answers duodenum, jejunum, ileum
How does the small intestine function in the digestive tract.


Answers digestion and absorption
Functions of the large intestine.


Answers reabsorbs water
forms,stores,elminates stool
houses bacteria that forms vitamins
Name and locations of the salivary glands.


Answers parotid-anteror and inferior to the ear
submandibular-near the body of lower jaw
sublingual-under the tongue
Accessory organ that secretes bile; secretes nutrients and releases them as needed
into the bloodstream.


Answers liver
The function of bile in digestion.


Answers emulsify fats (break down into smaller pieces)
Organ that secretes sodium bicarbonate.


Answers pancreas
The function of sodium bicarbonate in digestion.