Outline the digestive processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination and identify how the structures of the GI tract are involved in each process and conditions that would affect the function of each

Describe the two phases of swallowing, noting the organs involved and the activities that occur.

Describe the three phases of digestion. Please be sure to describe the hormonal and neural inputs that regulate gastric activity during each phase. How does the composition of chyme entering the duodenum control the rate of gastric emptying? Why does eating a meal rich in fats make you feel full (satiated) very quickly?

Differentiate between the roles of the various cell types of the intestinal mucosa.

State the three main functions of the digestive system.

Which of the following digestive activities are performed in the oral cavity?

How can you differentiate between the serosa and the mucosa under the microscope? b. How is the muscularis of the stomach unlike the muscularis of the other regions of the GI tract? c. What is the main histological difference between the mucosa and the submucosa?

Include a discussion of the role of the accessory organs in digestion, the chemical reactions that constitute the breakdown of complex molecules into simple molecules and how the digestion and absorption of protein , lipids of carbohydrate occurs

1. Describe the general structure of the large intestine 2. What are the general functions of large intestinal secretions 3. Define defecation and explain the process of defecation reflex 4. Describe the process of mastication and deglutition processes 5. Describe the various movement in the stomach and how they are related to it functions.

. Identify at least two histological features of the esophagusthat are especially tied to its role in swallowing.