Chapter 5: Digestive System

Spotlight: pg 138, 156Figure 5-12, pg 147Vocabulary: pg 148-150Notecards: 150-155Exercises: 166-173Vocab and terms: 176-181Listen to C

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Absorption
-passing into tissues -passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
Adsorption
Adhering to the surface of tissues
Sign
An objective finding- such as a fever, rash, or sound heard when listening to chest- indicating the presence of disease as perceived by an examiner
Symptom
Subjective sensation or change in health- such as itching, pain, fatigue, and nausea- as experienced by the patient
Amino acids
Building blocks of proteins, produced when proteins are digested
Amylase
Enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch
Anus
Opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
Appendix
Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant [RLQ]). It literally means hanging (pend/o) on (ap-).
Bile
:digestive juice made in liver & stored in gallbladder -breaks up large fat globules -It is composed of bile pigments, cholesterol, and bile salts.
Bilirubin
Pigment released by the liver in bile
Bowel
Intestine
Canine teeth
Pointed, "dog tooth"- like (canine) teeth, next to (distal to) the incisors. Also called cuspids or eyeteeth
Cecum
First part of the large intestine
Colon
Large intestine, consisting of the cecum; the ascending, transverse, and descending segments of the colon; and the rectum
Common bile duct
Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum. Also called the choledochus