CHAPTER13THEDIGESTIVESYSTEMExerciseImazeLookatthediagramandtellthepartsofthedigestivesystemintheorderthatfoodpassesthroughthebody
AtlasofthedigestivesystemSource:AMA'sCurrentProceduralTerminology,Revised1998Edition
ExerciseIITechnicalTermsFillintheblanksinthefollowingshortpassagewiththecorrespondingtechnicalterms
EsophaguscancerAlthoughtheesophagusisessentiallyahollowtube,itswallsarecomposedofanumberofhighlyspecializedlayers,includinganinnerliningmadeupofthin,flatcells(1_____________),alayerbelowtheinnerlining(2_____________)thatcontainsmucus-secretingglands,andathickbandofmuscletissue
Whenyoueatordrink,amuscleintheupperpartofyouresophagus(3______________________)relaxes,allowingfoodandliquidtoenter
Smoothmusclesintheesophaguswallthenmovethefoodalonginaseriesofrhythmiccontraction