Digestive and Urinary Questions In Text

Critical Thinking:
3. What effect is a before dinner alcoholic cocktail likely to have on digestion? Your body will start getting dehydrated before you eat. Since you will be dehydrated this will take your body longer to digest.

Review Exercises:
1. List the accessory organs of the digestive system. Stomach, small intestine, large intestine
2. List the major parts of the alimentary canal. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intes., large intest., rectum
5. Name the four layers of the wall of the alimentary canal. Mucous membrane, submucosa, muscular layer, serosa
7. Describe the general effects of parasympathetic and sympathetic impulses on the alimentary canal. para. Increases the activites of the digestive system, symapthetic are the opposite
12. Describe the structure of a tooth. Enamel, crown, dentin, pulp cavity, gingiva, alveolar, root canal, root, cementum
25. Explain the mechanism of vomiting. It results from a complex reflex that empties the stomach another way, irration or distension in the stomach or intestines can trigger it.

Review Exercises:
1. Name the organs of the urinary system. Kidneys, ureters, urethra, bladder
3. List the functions of the kidneys. Produce urine
9. Distinguish among filtration, reabsorption and secretion as they relate.
16. Define auto regulation. Ability of an organ or tissue to maintain a constant blood flow in spite of changing arterial blood pressure.
34. Describe the structure and function of ureter. Carries urine from kidney to bladder
36. Discuss what happens if a ureter becomes obstructed. You will get a kidney infection
37. Describe the structure of the urinary bladder. Stores urine until ready to be excreted
40. Compare the urethra of a female with one of a male. The females' is alot shorter then the males'. The males' also has 2 functions, to urinate and ejaculate