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5 main components of the Digestive Tract
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Oral Cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
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4 Organs releasing substances into the digestive tract
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Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder and pancreas.
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Peritoneum definition
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Thin shiny serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and also folds back to cover
most of the organs contained within the cavity.
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Peristalsis
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Wave like muscle contractions that propel food through parts of the digestive tract.
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Location of the stomach
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, Left upper abdominal quadrant.
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Function of gastric mucus
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To protect the organs of the digestive system from the strong acids excreted to digest food.
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Function of hydrochloric acid
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It denatures or unwinds proteins to prepare them for digestion and destroys foreign
organisms.
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Pepsin
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Protein digesting enzyme produced in an inactive form called pepsinogen which is activated
only when it comes into contact with HCl or previously activated pepsin molecules.
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Divisions of the small intestine
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Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum. DJ ileum in the haus!
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Location and method of digestion
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