L19 - Digestive tract and accessory organs
Cards (131)
- What is the primary function of the mouth in digestion?
- How do the lips and cheeks assist in chewing?
- What forms the roof of the mouth?
- What is the role of the bony hard palate?
- What are the functions of the tongue?
- What do papillae on the tongue surface house?
- What are the two types of cells in salivary glands?
- What do serous cells produce?
- What happens to the soft palate during swallowing?
- What do mucous cells produce?
- What is saliva primarily composed of?
- What enzymes are found in saliva?
- What is the function of lysozyme in saliva?
- What type of waste is found in saliva?
- Where is the opening of the parotid duct located?
- What is the primary function of teeth?
- What is mastication?
- How many primary teeth do humans have?
- What is permanent dentition?
- How are teeth classified?
- What are incisors used for?
- What is the function of canines?
- What are premolars and molars used for?
- What do the oropharynx and laryngopharynx provide?
- How does food move into the esophagus?
- What does the esophagus connect?
- What is the function of the gastroesophageal sphincter?
- What is deglutition?
- What are the two phases of swallowing?
- What occurs during the buccal phase?
- What happens during the pharyngeal-esophageal phase?
- What controls the pharyngeal-esophageal phase?
- What are the main regions of the stomach?
- What is the function of the stomach?
- What are rugae in the stomach?
- What is the volume of an empty stomach?
- What is the full capacity of the stomach?
- What type of epithelium is found in the stomach's surface mucosa?
- What do surface mucous cells produce?
- What do gastric pits extend to?