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Chapter 14: Digestive System Name __________________________

1. What is peristalsis? ___________________________________


2. What are papillae and where are they located? __________________________________
3. What is the roof of the oral cavity called (2 parts): _________________________________
Where is the uvula? ________________________________________
4. What are the three salivary glands and where are they located?
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5. What are the two types of movements within the alimentary canal? _______________________________________
6. What are the three main functions of the digestive system?
1) __________________and ___________________break down of food
2) _____________________________ of nutrients
3) ______________________________ of wastes

7. What is the name of the opening where the esophagus passes through the diaphragm? __________________
8. What layer of the alimentary canal carries out absorption? ________________________
9. What valve opens from the esophagus to the stomach? _______________________________________
What valve opens from the stomach to the small intestine? ___________________________________
10. What structure connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth? ________________________________
11. What digestive enzyme is produced by the salivary glands? __________________________
12. What is the hardest substance found in the body? ____________________________
13. The central cavity of the tooth is made of _________________________________
14. The top of the tooth is called the _______________________________
The part of the tooth that extends below the gums is called the ________________________
15. The front teeth are called _______________________. The back teeth are called _____________________
The pointed teeth after the incisors are the __________________________
16. What is food called after it has been broken down into a paste? _________________________________
What are the folds inside the stomach called? _________________________________
17. What causes jaundice in newborns? _____________________________________
18. Trace the path of food once it enters the colon (follow through the parts)
________________________ to _____________________________ to __________________________
19. What is the function of the pancreas? ________________________________________________________
20. What does the bile duct connect? ____________________________ to the _______________________________
21. Where is the hepatic portal vein located? _____________________________________________
22. Trace the path of food from the stomach and through all of the parts of the small intestine:
stomach : ___________________________ >> _______________________ >> ________________________
* Which section is the longest? __________________________________________
23. What is the function of the gall bladder? _________________________________
What is the function of bile? ___________________________________
24. What membrane holds the coils of the small intestine together? ________________
What membrane covers the organs of the digestive system like a curtain ? ____________________________
25. What is the function of the intestinal villi? ____________________________________________
26. What part of the colon is located right before the rectum? __________________________________
27. Where is the cecum located? _________________________________________________________
What “useless” structure is attached to it? _____________________________________
28. What part of the system stores waste prior to its elimination? _____________________________
29. What is a mass movement? ______________________________________
30. The “flora” of the large intestine is what? __________________________________________________
31. What is the function of the large intestine? ________________________________________________
if this function does not work, what sickness can result? _______________________________________
32. If part of the small intestine pokes through the abdominal muscles, a person has a ________________________

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