WorksheetsTHE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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This is a creamy mixture of food, water, and gastric juice found in the stomach.
RUGAE
PASTE
CHYME
UVULA
These are folds in the lining of the stomach that increase surface area and allow the stomach to stretch.
UVULA
PLEXUS
PERISTALSIS
RUGAE
This is another name for swallowing.
DEGLUTITION
SPHINCTER
DEFECATION
PERITONITIS
This is another name for the pharynx.
WINDPIPE
THROAT
FRENULUM
PLEXUS
This is the 1st phase of swallowing, it’s the only phase that is voluntary, the tongue forces bolus into the
pharynx.
DEFECATION
ESOPHAGEAL PHASE
PHARYNGEAL PHASE
BUCCAL PHASE
This decomposes proteins.
PEPSIN
PEPSINOGEN
FIBRIN
FIBRINOGEN
This is the inactive form of pepsin.
FIBRINOGEN
FIBRIN
PEPSINOGEN
PEPSIN
This aids in the absorption of vitamin B12.
FRENULUM
PLEXUS
INTRINSIC FACTOR
CEMENTUM
This is the 2nd phase of swallowing, it’s involuntary, the soft palate and uvula fold upward.
BUCCAL PHASE
PHARYNGEAL PHASE
ESOPHAGEAL PHASE
DEFECATION
These secrete mucus which provides an alkaline lining on the inner surface of the stomach to keep it from
digesting itself.
PARIETAL CELLS
MUCOSA CELLS
ACCESSORY CELLS
ORAL CELLS
This is the 3rd and final phase of swallowing, it’s involuntary, when food reaches the end of the esophagus
the cardiac sphincter opens allowing food to enter.
ESOPHAGEAL PHASE
BUCCAL PHASE
PHARYNGEAL PHASE
DEFECATION
These are found in the gastric glands, they produce HCl and Intrinsic Factor.
PLEXUS
VESTIBULE
MUCOSA CELLS
PARIETAL CELLS
This is the last part of the small intestine.
ISCHIUM
ILEUM
JEJUNUM
DUODENUM
This is the top part of the stomach, a small region near the esophageal opening.
FUNDIC REGION
PYLORIC REGION
CARDIAC REGION
BODY REGION
This regulates the movement of chyme into the large intestine and prevents backflow from the large
intestine.
PYLORIC SPHINCTER
CARDIAC SPHINCTER
INTRINSIC FACTOR
ILEOCECAL VALVE
This is the main part of the stomach.
BODY REGION
CARDIAC REGION
PYLORIC REGION
FUNDIC REGION
This is the part of the stomach that balloons above the cardiac region and acts as a temporary storage area.
BODY REGION
FUNDIC REGION
PYLORIC REGION
CARDIAC REGION
This is the last part of the stomach, a narrow region just before the pyloric sphincter.
FUNDIC REGION
BODY REGION
PYLORIC REGION
CARDIAC REGION
This is the middle section of the small intestine.
DUODENUM
JEJUNUM
ILEUM
ILEOCECAL
This is the 1st part of the small intestine which receives chyme from the stomach.
JEJUNUM
DUODENUM
ILEUM
ILEOCECAL
The breakdown of fat molecules into fat droplets.
FRENULUM
INTRINSIC FACTOR
DEGLUTITION
EMULSIFICATION
This breaks down toxic substances and regulates blood sugar.
LIVER
PANCREAS
STOMACH
INTRINSIC FACTOR
This stores bile.
LIVER
STOMACH
PANCREAS
GALL BLADDER
This connects the visceral and parietal peritoneum.
ADVENTITIA
MESENTERY
AMYLASE
MESOCOLON
These are secretions of the pancreas.
PANCREATIC JUICES
GASTRIC JUICES
INTRINSIC FACTOR
PEPSIN
This is a mass movement of feces into the rectum.
FECES
DEFECATION
PERISTALSIS
PROPULSION
This is the membrane that attaches the large intestine to the rear abdominal wall.
MESENTERY
ADVENTITIA
PLEXUS
MESOCOLON
This is an enzyme contained in saliva that begins the digestive process of carbohydrates.
PEPSINYLASE
CARBOXYLASE
AMYLASE
LIPASE
The process of chyme being pushed up against the internal wall of the small intestine to increase absorption.
PERISTALSIS
SEGMENTATION
PROPULSION
EMULSIFICATION
A passageway within a tube-like organ.
SPHINCTER
VALVE
PLEXUS
LUMEN
These tear food.
CANINES
INCISORS
PREMOLARS/MOLARS
FANGS
These bite off food.
CANINES
INCISORS
PREMOLARS/MOLARS
FANGS
These grind and crush food.
CANINES
INCISORS
PREMOLARS/MOLARS
FANGS
This is 99.5% water.
GASTRIC JUICE
PANCREATIC JUICE
CHYME
SALIVA
This lines the esophagus.
CEMENTUM
ADVENTITIA
AMYLASE
MESOCOLON
This lines the abdominopelvic cavity.
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
MESENTERY
This covers the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
MESENTERY
There are 2 layers of this in the stomach and 3 layers in the small intestine and large intestine.
STRIATED MUSCLE
SMOOTH MUSCLE
CARDIAC MUSCLE
AMYLASE
This is another name for the mouth.
BUCCAL CAVITY
LUMEN
SPHINCTER
PLEXUS
This is the central cavity of a tooth that houses blood vessels and nerves.
CEMENTUM
PULP CAVITY
ENAMEL
DENTIN
This is calcified tissue that makes up most of the tooth.
CEMENTUM
PULP CAVITY
DENTIN
ENAMEL
This is the portion of a tooth embedded in the gum.
CROWN
NECK
ROOT
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT
This is a hard, non-living material that covers the crown.
CEMENTUM
PULP CAVITY
DENTIN
ENAMEL
This is the region of a tooth at the gum-line where the crown and root meet.
NECK
CROWN
ROOT
PULP CAVITY
This makes the enamel the hardest substance in the body.
CEMENTUM
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
ENAMEL
DENTIN
This is a bone-like substance that covers the root and binds it to the periodontal ligament.
ENAMEL
DENTIN
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CEMENTUM
Food intake.
INGESTION
INSPIRATION
INCISOR
ALIMENTARY CANAL
The breakdown of food by enzyme action.
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
PERITONITIS
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
DIGESTION
Inflammation of the peritoneum.
TONSILITIS
GASTRITIS
PERITONITIS
ALIMENARITIS
This process physically mixes or physically breaks food into smaller particles.
DIGESTION
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
DEFECATION
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
This division of the Digestive System consists of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine,
large Intestine, and anus.
ACCESSORY ORGANS
ALIMENTARY CANAL
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
This division of the Digestive System consists of the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, and
pancreas.
ACCESSORY ORGANS
ALIMENTARY CANAL
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
The transport of the products of digestion through the intestinal mucosa and into the blood.
PROPULSION
SEGMENTATION
ABSORPTION
PERISTALSIS
This is the elimination of undigested residue (feces) from the body.
PROPULSION
PLEXUS
FECES
DEFECATION
This is the movement of food substances through the digestive tract . This consists of swallowing and
peristalsis).
PROPULSION
SEGMENTATION
PERISTALSIS
DEFECATION
This connects the visceral and parietal peritoneum.
MESOCOLON
ADVENTITIA
MESENTERY
PLEXUS
All ventral cavities contain this slick, friction reducing membrane.
CUTANEOUS MEMBRANE
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
SEROUS MEMBRANE
MUCOUS MEMBRANE
This is the innermost layer of the wall of the organs of the alimentary canal.
MUCOSA
SUBMUCOSA
MUSCULARIS
SEROSA
This is the outermost layer of the wall of the alimentary canal.
MUCOSA
SUBMUCOSA
MUSCULARIS
SEROSA
This is the layer of the wall of the alimentary canal that is external to the mucosa.
MUCOSA
SUBMUCOSA
MUSCULARIS
SEROSA
This is the layer of the wall of the alimentary canal that is external to the Submucosa. (layers of muscle).
MUCOSA
SUBMUCOSA
MUSCULARIS
SEROSA
These control the opening and closing of a lumen.
PLEXUS
SPHINCTERS
ADVENTITIA
DEFECATION
This is a dense connective tissue that contains glands, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves all
contained in this.
PARIETAL PERITONEUM
VISCERAL PERITONEUM
ADVENTITIA
PLEXUS
These consist of serous cells, they are the largest, located in front of the ears, and secrete Amylase.
PAROTID GLANDS
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS
SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS
GINGIVAL GLANDS
These consist of mucous cells, they are the smallest, located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue.
PAROTID GLANDS
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS
SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS
GINGIVAL GLANDS
These consist of serous cells, they are located on the floor of the mouth in the lower jaw.
PAROTID GLANDS
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS
SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS
GINGIVAL GLANDS
Teeth are surrounded by this tissue.
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT
ENAMEL
PULP CAVITY
GINGIVAL TISSUE
These are the alternate waves of contractions in a tube-like organ.
PROPULSION
SEGMENTATION
PERISTALSIS
PERITONITIS
Accessory organs produce bile, saliva, and enzymes that help do this to food.
PRODUCE
REPRODUCE
REGENERATE
BREAKDOWN
This is another name for the alimentary canal.
LUMEN
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
SPHINCTER
PLEXUS
This is the location of most of the digestive organs.
THORACIC CAVITY
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
PELVIC CAVITY
ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
This is the mechanical and chemical decomposition of food into forms the cell membrane can absorb.
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
DIGESTION
ABSORPTION
These hold the teeth in their sockets.
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT
ROOTS
CROWN
NECK
This band of cartilage folds down to cover the glottis during swallowing.
GLOTTIS
EPIGLOTTIS
PHARYNX
LARYNX
This substance is secreted by the liver and is stored in the gall bladder.
PANCREATIC JUICE
GASTRIC JUICE
BILE
SALIVA
This is the location where bacteria, RED BLOOD CELLS, and WHITE BLOOD CELLS are broken down and Iron and Globins are recycled.
GALL BLADDER
STOMACH
PANCREAS
LIVER
When chyme enters the 1st part of the small intestine this hormone is secreted.
INHIBIN
SECRETIN
LUTEINIZING HORMONE
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE
This is the chamber between the roof of the mouth and the tongue.
LUMEN
VESTIBULE
PULP CAVITY
ORAL CAVITY
The soft palate forms this cone shaped projection.
FRENULUM
UVULA
LUMEN
PLEXUS
This is the roof of the mouth.
HARD PALATE
SOFT PALATE
PALATE
VESTIBULE
This is the front part of the roof of the mouth.
HARD PALATE
SOFT PALATE
PALATE
VESTIBULE
This is the back part of the roof of the mouth.
HARD PALATE
SOFT PALATE
PALATE
VESTIBULE
This is the space between the teeth and the cheeks.
HARD PALATE
SOFT PALATE
PALATE
VESTIBULE
This structure connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
PALATE
VESTIBULE
FRENULUM
UVULA
These are the rough projections on the tongue.
TASTE BUDS
PAPILLAE
PLEXUS
RUGAE
PANCREAS
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
MOUTH
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
PHARYNX
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
GALL BLADDER
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
LARGE INTESTINE
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
LIVER
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
SMALL INTESTINE
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
STOMACH
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
ESOPHAGUS
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGAN
SALIVARY GLANDS
ALIMENTARY CANAL
ACCESSORY ORGANS
