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Review of concepts (Digestive system)

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✓1. Cell in the small intestine that secretes
antimicrobial substances
✓4. A cell in the gastric gland that secretes
mucus to protect the stomach lining.
✓5. Reflex slowing gastric emptying when
chyme reaches the small intestine
✓7. Longitudinal muscle bands in the colon
[________ coli]
✓10. The functional unit of the liver.
11. Epithelial cell lining the bile ducts.
✓15. Hormone produced by G cells that
stimulate acid gastric production
✓16. Partially digested food mixture leaving
the stomach
✓17. Community of microbes living in the
digestive tract
✓18. Finger-like projections on the circular
folds of the small intestine that increase
surfice for nutrient absorption
✓20. The part of the small intestine that
received pancreatic juice and bile.
✓22. Glands in the duodenum that secrete
alkaline mucus.
23. Fatty appendages attached to the colon
✓26. The part of the stomach closest to the
esophagus.
28. The part of the stomach that connects to
the small intestine.
✓29. Initial phase of acid secretion triggered
by central nervous system
30. Type of muscle movement that helps with
mixing and churning of food in the small
intestine
34. Pouch-like structures in the large
intestine that aid in mixing and digestion
36. Liver cell that stores vitamin A and is
involved in fibrosis
37. Powerful contractions that propel feces
toward the rectum.
✓39. Muscular sac that stores and
concentrates bile
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1. Inactive form of pepsin secreted by chief
cells
2. Network of nerve fibers (plexus) between
the circular and longitudinal muscle layers of
the gastrointestinal tract
3. Liver cell responsible for most metabolic
functions, including bile production
✓5. The hard outer layer of teeth made of
hydroxyapatite.
6. Involuntary smooth muscle sphincter at
the anus
8. Intestinal cells responsible for nutrient
absorption
9. Hormone that stimulates the secretion of
bicarbonate ions by both cholangiocytes
(liver) and duct cells (pancreas)
12. Valve between the ileum and cecum that
regulates passage of material
13. Hormone that stimulates the secretion of
enzymes and zymogens by the pancreatic
acinar cells
✓14. A cell in the gastric gland that produces
gastric acid
✓19. Phagocytic liver cell that clears debris
21. The coordinated muscular contractions
that propel food through the digestive tract.
23. Sphincter at the end of the common bile
duct, controlled by CCK
✓24. Microscopic unit of the liver
25. A cell in the intestinal epithelium that
produces mucus.
✓27. Microscopic finger-like cytoplasmatic
projections located in enterocytes
31. Voluntary skeletal muscle sphincter
controlling defecation
32. Lymphatic vessel located within a villus
that absorbs dietary fats from enterocytes
33. Network of nerve fibers in the submucosa
that controls glandular secretions [____
plexus]
35. A small opening located where the
common bile duct and pancreatic duct join
and empty into the small intestine, also
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✓40. Living specialized cell arranged along known as hepatopancreatic ampulla.

the interface between dentin and pulp that [Ampulla of____]
forms dentin 38. Three structures (artery, portal vein, bile
41. The tissue beneath the enamel in teeth. duct) found in a liver unit

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