HTHSCI 1H06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Taste Bud, Submandibular Gland, Soft Palate
11 Feb 2012
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Gi part 1 (mouth to esophagus: the alimentary canal (inside = outside, mastication = chew; deglutition = swallow. Mastication : the process of chewing your food. Peristalsis : alternating waves of muscle contraction and relaxation used to move food inside of the body is involuntary of our hands) through the gi tract. (everything movement, outside. Function of uvula: (part of soft palate) during swallowing aids one-way journey, so the food does not go into nasal cavity down to the esophagus. Submandibular gland: where the saliva excreted in the mouth. Frenulum: which protects our lips or tongue going too far. Uvula: hanging down in the back of the throat. Function is during swallowing protecting our food going up into the nasal cavity, providing one-way journey down to the esophagus: gustation (to taste, 5 tastes. Most of the approximately 10,000 taste buds are found on the tongue. (some we do have upper epigalathius (throat: taste buds found in papillae (vallate, fungiform, foliate)
