the taking of food into the mouth

A mucosa lined cavity whose boundaries are the lips anteriorly, the cheeks laterally, the palate superiorly, and the tongue inferiorly.
Occupies the floor of the mouth is predominately a muscle constructed of interlacing fascicles of skeletal muscle fiber

the function in ___ secretes two major hormones insluin and glucagon, which lower and raise blood sugar levels.
Its ____ function is is to produce most of enzymes that digest foodstuffs in the small intestine.

innermost layer, contains three sub layers lining epithelium, a lamina propria,and muscularis mucosae.

Mechanical obstructions
Adhesion, tumors, or foreign objects
Non mechanical obstruction
Halt in peristalsis
Trauma
Intestines touched during surgery
85% occur in small intestine

the movement of food through the alimentary canal. It includes swallowing, which is initiated voluntarily, and peristalsis, an involuntarily process
"around the contraction", the major means of propulsion throughout the alimentary canal, involves alternat

Lie in sockets (alveoli) in the gum covered margins of the mandible and by moving it from side to side while using the tongue to position food.
humans have to sets of teeth or dentitions.
Deep lying ________ enlarge and develop, the roots of deciduous tee

The largest gland in the body, weighing about 1.4kg (3 pounds) in an average adult.
Is to produce ___, a green alkaline liquid that is stored in the gallbladder and secreted into the duodenium.

____ the visceral peritoneum, is the outermost layer of the intraperitoneal organs of the alimentary canal.

Are erosions of the mucosa of a region of the alimentary canal
Gastric ulcers
Occur in pyloric region of the stomach
Duodenal ulcers
Occur in duodenum of the small intestine
Caused by Helicobacter pylori
H. pylori
Acid-resistant
Binds to gastric epitheliu

Physically prepares food for digestion by enzymes by breaking into smaller pieces. includes chewing, the churning of food in the stomach.
Rhythmic local constrictions of the intestine. mixes the food with the digestive juices and increases the efficiency

From the mouth, swallowed food passes posteriorly into ______ and then the ______ both which are passageways for food.

A muscular sac, resting n a shallow depression on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver.

Tension resisting intermediate filaments extend through the cell in a lattice-like arrangement. Along these intermediate filaments lies ____ at regular intervals that anchor the thin filaments

Inflammation of intestinal wall
Crohn’s disease
body's immune system attacks the gastrointestinal tract
Ulcerative colitis
up to 2 of every 1000 people are affected

a series of steps in which complex food molecules are broken down to their chemical building blocks. Glands in the gastrointestinal tract in the accessory organs produce enzymes and other substance and secrete them into the lumen of the alimentary canal.

A muscular tube that propels sawllowed food to the stomach. Lumen is collapsed when it is empty.
Its abdominal part, which is only about 2cm long joins the stomach at the_____ where a _______ acts to close off the lumen and prevent regurgitation of aci

Material that reaches it is largely digested residue that contains few nutrients.During the 12-24 hours that this residue remains in the _____ little additional breakdown of food occurs.

External to the sub-mucosa is the _____ also simply called the muscular layer. this tunic consists of two layers of smooth muscle an inner circular layer whose fibers orient around circumference of canal, and an outer layer of longitudinal layer whose fib

is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that affects the lining of the large intestine (colon) and rectum

the transport of digested end products from the lumen of the alimentary canal into the blood ad lymphatic capillaries located in the wall of the canal.
The elimination of indigestible substances from the body.

J- shaped _____ widest part of the alimentary canal, a temporary storage tank in which food is churned and turned into a paste called______.
Starts the breakdown of food proteins by secreting ______,a protein-digesting enzyme that can be function only

The longest part of the alimentary canal and the site of most enzymatic digestion and virtually all absorption of nutrients.

_________ covers the external surfaces of most digestive organs.
_____ lines the body wall is continuous with the.....

____a slit like potential space between visceral and parietal. lies between the digestive organs and the abdominal body wall. contains

Jaundice and flu-like symptoms
Major types—A, B, C, and G