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ISBN: 9781259254963

Author: Jennifer Regan (author), Andrew Russo (author), Rod Seeley (author) Cinnamon Vanputte (author)

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education

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Describe each of the functions involved in the normal of the digestive system.

Definition Definition Organ system that helps in the digestion of food by mechanical and biochemical processes. The digestive system breaks down food into simpler components that enable the body to then absorb or transport nutrients. The human digestive system includes the gastrointestinal tract or alimentary canal and the associate glands. The organs of the gastrointestinal tract include the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. The associated glands include salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

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Ch. 24.1 - Prob. 1AYP Ch. 24.2 - Describe each of the functions involved in the...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 3AYP Ch. 24.2 - What is the difference between mechanical...Ch. 24.2 - What digestive functions occur in the stomach? In...Ch. 24.3 - What are the major tunics of the digestive tract...Ch. 24.3 - What types of tissue are found in each tunic?Ch. 24.3 - In what tunics of the digestive tract are the...Ch. 24.3 - How do the serosa and adventitia differ?Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 10AYP

Ch. 24.4 - What chemical mechanisms regulate the digestive...Ch. 24.5 - Where are the viscera/ peritoneum and parietal...Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 13AYP Ch. 24.5 - What are the mesenteries? Name and describe the...Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 15AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 16AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 17AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 18AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 19AYP Ch. 24.6 - List the three parts of a tooth. What are dentin,...Ch. 24.6 - List the muscles of mastication and the actions...Ch. 24.6 - Name and give the location of the three largest...Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 23AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 24AYP Ch. 24.6 - Prob. 25AYP Ch. 24.7 - Name the parts of the pharynx involved with...Ch. 24.7 - Where is the esophagus located? Describe the...Ch. 24.7 - What are the three phases of swallowing?...Ch. 24.8 - Describe the parts of the stomach. List the tunics...Ch. 24.8 - Prob. 30AYP Ch. 24.8 - Name the types of cells in the stomach and the...Ch. 24.8 - Describe three phases of regulation of stomach...Ch. 24.8 - How ore gastric secretions inhibited? Why is this...Ch. 24.8 - As the stomach fills, why does the pressure not...Ch. 24.8 - Name two kinds of stomach movements. How are...Ch. 24.9 - Name and describe the three parts of the small...Ch. 24.9 - What are the circular folds, villi, and microvilli...Ch. 24.9 - Name the four types of cells found in the...Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 39AYP Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 40AYP Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 41AYP Ch. 24.9 - Prob. 42AYP Ch. 24.10 - Prob. 43AYP Ch. 24.10 - Diagram the duct system from the liver....Ch. 24.10 - Describe the flow of blood to and through the...Ch. 24.10 - Explain and give examples of the major functions...Ch. 24.10 - Prob. 47AYP Ch. 24.11 - Prob. 48AYP Ch. 24.11 - What is the function of the gallbladder? What...Ch. 24.12 - Describe the parts of the pancreas responsible for...Ch. 24.12 - Name the two kinds of exocrine secretions produced...Ch. 24.12 - What enzymes are present in pancreaticjuice?...Ch. 24.13 - Prob. 53AYP Ch. 24.13 - Prob. 54AYP Ch. 24.13 - Prob. 55AYP Ch. 24.13 - Prob. 56AYP Ch. 24.13 - Prob. 57AYP Ch. 24.14 - Describe the mechanism of absorption and the route...Ch. 24.14 - Prob. 59AYP Ch. 24.14 - Explain how lipids are emulsified. Describe the...Ch. 24.14 - Explain how tripeptides, dipeptides, and amino...Ch. 24.14 - Describe the movement of water through the...Ch. 24.14 - Prob. 63AYP Ch. 24.15 - Prob. 64AYP Ch. 24.15 - Prob. 65AYP Ch. 24.15 - Prob. 66AYP Ch. 24 - Which layer of the digestive tract is in direct...Ch. 24 - The ENS is found in the submucosa layer. the...Ch. 24 - Dentin forms the surface of the crown of the...Ch. 24 - The number of premolar deciduous teeth is a. 0.b....Ch. 24 - Which of these glands does not secrete saliva into...Ch. 24 - The portion of the digestive tract in which...Ch. 24 - Prob. 7RAC Ch. 24 - The stomach a. has large folds in the submucosa...Ch. 24 - Prob. 9RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 10RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 11RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 12RAC Ch. 24 - Which cellsin the small intestine have digestive...Ch. 24 - Prob. 14RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 15RAC Ch. 24 - The gallbladder a. produces bile. b. stores bile....Ch. 24 - Prob. 17RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 18RAC Ch. 24 - Defecation a. can be initiated by stretch of the...Ch. 24 - Which of these structures...Ch. 24 - Prob. 21RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 22RAC Ch. 24 - Prob. 23RAC Ch. 24 - Which of these lipoprotein molecules transports...Ch. 24 - Prob. 1CT Ch. 24 - Prob. 2CT Ch. 24 - Prob. 3CT Ch. 24 - Prob. 4CT Ch. 24 - A patient has a spinal cord injury at level L 2....Ch. 24 - Prob. 6CT Ch. 24 - Prob. 7CT Ch. 24 - Prob. 8CT

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