Digestive

• Upper GI Tract: transports food until the stomach
• Lower GI Tract: small + large intestine, and rectum and anus
• Accessory organs: Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas
• Salivary glands:

  • Parotid Gland
  • Sublingual Gland
  • Submaxillary Gland
• Esophagus: muscular tube through which ingested food passed from pharynx into stomach
• Small intestine: receives digestive enzymes from pancreas and bile from liver; absorbs nutrients
• Large intestine: absorbs excess water and normal bacterial floru; readies waste for excretion
• Rectum and anus: for excretion of waste
• Liver: removes toxins from blood and extra storage for glucose; turns food into nutrients and fuel
• Digestion -
• Metabolism -
• abdomn/o - abdomen
• esophag/o - esophagus
• hepat/o - liver
• chol/e - bile, gall
• cholecyst/o - gallbladder
• col/o, colon/o - colon, large intestine
• sigmoid/o - sigmoid colon
• proct/o - anus and rectum
• rect/o - rectum
• an/o - anus, ring
• -lithiasis - presence of stones
• -pepsia - digest, digestion
• -phagia - eating, swallowing
• -emesis - vomiting