| A | B |
|---|
| digestion | breaking down of food/mech & chemical |
| absorption | moves subst from GI tract to blood |
| metabolism | use simple food subst by cells |
| deciduous teeth | baby ones |
| mesentery | fan-folded layer, envelopes sm intestines |
| greater omentum | attaches to lower edge of stomach, drapes over stomach |
| lesser omentum | covers over liver to curve of stomach |
| uvula | directs food into oropharynx |
| frenulum | attaches tongue to floor of mouth |
| sensory nerve for taste | facial & glossopharyngeal |
| motor nerve for tongue | hypoglossal |
| dentin | bulk of tooth |
| enamel | very hard subst covers crown |
| salivary glands | parotid, submandibular, sublingual |
| parotid gland | largest, below ear |
| submandibular gland | posterior corners of mouth |
| sublingual gland | below tongue |
| medulla oblongata | controls swallowing |
| small intestines | duodenum, jejunum, ileum |
| fundus | upper part of stomach by esophagus |
| pylorus | lower part of stomach by sm intestines |
| 2 sphincters of stomach | cardiac & pyloric |
| lacteals | lymph capillaries in sm intestines |
| liver functions | produces bile, stores glycogen, fat metabolism, |
| more liver functions | plasma proteins, detox harmful subst. |
| pancreas | endocrine & excrocrine gland |
| gallbladder | stores bile from liver |
