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The main function of the GI system along with the pancreas and liver -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Digestion
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Elimination
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Absorption
Motility
The lumen (inner wall) consists of... - Precise Answer ✔✔Mucosa
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Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa
Increases peristalsis - Precise Answer ✔✔parasympathetic
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Decreases peristalsis - Precise Answer ✔✔sympathetic
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Food must be broken down into this liquid in order for absorption to take pl
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ace - Precise Answer ✔✔Chyme
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,Mechanical and chemical process in which complex foods are broken dow
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n into simpler forms - Precise Answer ✔✔Digestion
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Carried out as the nutrients produced by digestion move from the lumen int
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o circulatory system - Precise Answer ✔✔Absorption
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extends from pharynx to stomach - Precise Answer ✔✔esophagus
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Moves food and fluids from pharynx to stomach and is a muscular canal -
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Precise Answer ✔✔esophagus
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What is the purpose of the sphincter? -
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Precise Answer ✔✔To prevent reflux of gastric contents into esophagus
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Responsible for gastric motility - b b b b
Precise Answer ✔✔Smooth stomach cells
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Secretes hydrochloric acid
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Produce intrinsic factor- substance that aids in absorption of Vitamin B -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Parietal cells
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Absence of parietal cells cause... - Precise Answer ✔✔Pernicious anemia
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,Functions as a food reservoir where the digestive process begins -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Stomach
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Alpha cells produce - Precise Answer ✔✔glucagon
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Beta cells produce - Precise Answer ✔✔insulin
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Gland that lies behind stomach
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Functions as endocrine and exocrine gland
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Contains islets of Langerhans cells - Precise Answer ✔✔Pancreas
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Exocrine pancreas - Precise Answer ✔✔Aids in digestion
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Endocrine pancreas - Precise Answer ✔✔Produces insulin
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Essential in regulation of metabolism -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Alpha and beta cells
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Largest organ in body - Precise Answer ✔✔Liver
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Functions in storage, protection and metabolism of proteins, breaks down a
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mino acids to remove ammonia
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Secretes bile-essential for breakdown of fat - Precise Answer ✔✔Liver
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Collects, concentrates and stores bile - Precise Answer ✔✔Gallbladder
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Longest and most convoluted portion of digestive tract
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What are the parts of it?
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Functions: movement, digestion and absorption -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Small intestine
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Consists of ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigm
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Functions: movement, absorption and elimination -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Large intestine
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Sigmoid
In the oral cavity, what is some history r/t nutrition in aging? -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Dentures
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Dysphagia
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In GI system, what history r/t aging is necessary to know? -
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Precise Answer ✔✔Change in weight
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