ANP 1107 Lecture 1: Digestive System Lecture notes Ch 23

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1107
• Professor: Jacqueline Carnegie

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The digestive system (january 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23; david lohnes) 1. 1 summarize the general anatomical features of the digestive system: alimentary canal: gi tract. Includes mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine. Digests food, absorbs digested fragments through lining into bloodstream and excretes products of digestion: accessory digestive organs: teeth, tongue, gallbladder, salivary glands, liver, and pancreas. Only teeth and tongue are not connected by ducts. Most of these secrete products to aid in digestion. 1. 1. 1. differentiate between the components of the alimentary canal and the accessory digestive organ. Pancreas, large intestine: peritonitis: inflammation of peritoneum. Can be caused by bacteria, appendicitis or poor surgical technique. 1. 1. 3. outline the blood supply serving the main components of the gi tract: splanchnic circulation: arteries that branch off abdominal aorta to serve digestive organs and hepatic portal circulation. The vessels listed below receive of all cardiac output; usually increases after a meal. 1. 2 describe the functional anatomy of the gi tract.