| A | B |
|---|
| Alimentary canal | Digestive tract or GI tract |
| Largest salivary gland | Parotid |
| Deciduous teeth | baby teeth, 20 in all |
| Gingiva | gums |
| Adult Teeth | 32 teeth in all |
| Esophagus | 10 long muscular tube, connects pharynx and stomach |
| Location of the pancreas | Behind stomach |
| Largest organ in the body | Liver |
| Quadrant in which liver is located | right upper quadrant |
| Gallbladder | Small, green organ on the inferior surface of liver |
| Colon | Large Intestine |
| Bolus | soft, pliable ball of semi-digested food |
| Peristalsis | wavelike motions that move food along esophagus, stomach and intestines |
| Ptyalin | in saliva in mouth, converts starches to simple sugar |
| Chyme | food and enzymes mixed in the stomach |
| small intestine | Where most of digestion occurs. |
| large intestine | Where the most water is absorbed in the body |
| Flatulence | Gas |
| Feces | undigested semi-solid waste |
| Defecation | colon and rectal muscles contract, external anal sphincter under conscious control |
| enzymes | help in digestion |
| Uvula | prevents food from going up nose when you swallow |
| Tongue | Made of skeletal muscle |
| Mastication | chewing |
| Sphincter | Circular layer of muscle |
| cardiac | The sphincter which controls the passage of food into the stomach |
| pyloric | The sphincter controls which the entrance of food into the duodenum |
| Rugae | mucous coat lining, folds when stomach empties, and is a muscular coat that contracts to push food into small intestine |
| three | Number of sections of the small Intestine |
| Pancreas | secretes digestive enzymes |
| Liver | Manufactures bile, produces and stores glucose in the form of glycogen, detoxifies alcohol, drugs and other harmful substances, manufactures blood proteins, and stores vitamin A, D and B complex |
| Gallbladder | Stores bile and releases bile when fatty foods are digested |
| Chyme | semi-liquid food |
| Heartburn | acid reflux |
| Gastroenteritis | inflammation of mucous membrane lining of stomach and intestine |
| Ulcer | sore or lesion that forms in the lining of the stomach |
| Stomach | Location of gastric ulcers |
| duodenum | location of duodenal ulcers |
| Appendicitis | When appendix becomes inflamed |
| Hepatitis A | Infectious hepatitis caused by virus that is spread through contaminated food and water |
| Hepatitis B (Serum hepatitis) | caused by virus found in blood that is transmitted by blood transfusion or being stuck by contaminated needle (drug user) |
| Cirrhosis | progressive disease of the liver that causes normal tissue to be replaced by fibrous connective tissue |
| Cholecystitis | inflammation of the gall bladder |
| Cholelithiasis | gall stones |
| Cholecystectomy | Surgical removal of the gallbladder |
| Diarrhea | Loose, watery, frequent bowel movements when feces pass through colon too rapidly |
| Constipation | feces become dry and hard |
| Roughage | fiber, cellulose |
| Cellulose | fiber, roughage |
| Fiber | roughage, cellulose |
| Jaundice | yellow color the skin |
