BIOA02H3 : Lec24 - Digestive Physiology.doc

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16 the small intestine: when digestion begins in the stomach, food becomes referred to as chyme. Food (chyme) will leave the stomach and enter the small intestine via the pyloric valve: small intestine is divided into 3 segments, duodenum. Most important region of the small intestine. Site of the small intestine where it receives the secretions of the: pancreas, digestive enzyme, bicarbonate. Can either: move directly from liver to intestine, or stored in the gall bladder to be secreted into intestine, occurs on a situational basis, gall bladder, jejunum, ileum. Empties into the large intestine or the colon. Role of the lymph is to drain extracellular fluid of any fluid that has leaked into it back into the blood vessels. 19 appendicitis: blockage and inflammation of the appendix. If it ruptures it causes infection to the rest of the body cavity.

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