Chap 17 Digestive Vocab

The breakdown of food materials either mechanically (chewing) or chemically (digestive enzymes)

• Absorption

• Mastication

• GI Track

• Digestion

When bile breaks up fats

• Cecum

• Jejnum

• Emulsify

• Absorption

Salivary gland that drains saliva into the floor of the mouth

• Parotid Gland

• Sublingual Gland

• Alimentary Canal

• Protease

Wrinkles or folds in the stomach

• Rugae

• Papilla (plural-papillae)

• Fundus (of stomach)

• Villus (plural-villi)

Passage of a substance through a membrane

• Emulsify

• Mesentery

• Peristalsis

• Absorption

A double fold of peritoneal tissue that attaches organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen

• Peritoneum

• Lipase

• Mesentery

• Frenulum

Substance that reduces large fats into smaller pieces so that they can be more easily broken down

• Uvula

• Chyme

• Bile

• Amylase

Tubelike structure of the digestive system extending from the mouth to the anus (also known as the alimentary canal)

• Ileocecal Valve

• GI Tract

• Pyloric Sphincter

• Sublingual gland

Enlarged portion to the left of and above the opening of the esophagus into the stomach

• Fundus

• Ileum

• Duodenum

• Ileocecal Valve

A small mass of masticated food to be swallowed

• Bile

• Chyme

• Bolus

• Cecum