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GI Organs and Digestion Processes
- 1. A&P II
List: the organs of the GI tract in the sequence in which they occur
starting with the mouth and ending at the anus (include the regions of
each organ, ex: oropharynx and laryngopharynx of pharynx).
1.Mouth vestibule - buccal cavity - oral cavity
2.Salivary Glands (accessory glands) parotid - submandibular -
sublingual glands
3.Pharynx nasopharynx - oropharynx - laryngopharynx
4.Esophagus upper esophageal sphincter - esophagus - lower esophageal
sphincter = cardiac sphincter
5.Stomach cardia - fundus - body - pylorus - pyloric sphincter
6.Small Intestine duodenum - jejunum - ileum - ileocecal valve/sphincter
7.Liver (accessory gland) lobes - biliary tree - gall bladder
8.Pancreas (accessory gland) exocrine pancreas - pancreatic duct system
- endocrine pancreas {pancreatic islets of Langerhans}
9.Large Intestine cecum - ascending colon - transverse colon -
descending colon - sigmoid colon - rectum - innner & outer anal
sphincters
List: several physical or mechanical processes of digestion.
Mastication (chewing) - bolus formation - deglutition (swallowing) -
peristalsis (propulsion) - gastric churning - intestinal segmentation -
haustral churning (compaction) - mass peristalsis - defecation