Hesi A&P Study Guide 2022-2023 (Updated and Rated A+)

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Hesi A&P Study Guide 2022-2023 (Updated and Rated A+) The digestive system has three accessory organs that aid food breakdown ✔✔Pancreas, liver and gallbladder The pancreas is the only organ w... ith ✔✔Exorcine and endocrine functions The exorcine function of the pancreas is to ✔✔Excrete digestive enzymes into the small intestine The enzymes include ✔✔Pancreatin, trypsin, maltase, amylase, and lipase (P.T.M.A.L) The liver has many important functions ✔✔- Produce bile -Converts glucose to glycogen - Stores fat soluble vitamins - breaks toxins. - Destroys old RBC - synthesizes blood proteins The liver produces ✔✔Cholesterol, coagulation, products and antibodies The gallbladder located adjacent to the liver stores ✔✔Bile until needed in the small intestine for digestion Ball and socket joint ✔✔Ball like convex surface that fits into a concave shaped socket. Ex. Hip and shoulder joint Three main types of blood vessels ✔✔Arteries, veins, capillaries Arteries carry blood ✔✔Away from the heart *hint: away=anterior* Veins carry blood ✔✔Back to the heart *hint veins=ventricular* Capillaries ✔✔Carry blood between the arterial and venous vessels. *hint: capillaries=carry* Blood is pumped from the heart to the ✔✔aorta Arterioles ✔✔Aorta branches into other arteries which branch into smaller vessels The blood moves from arterioles to ✔✔Microscopic capillaries What is exchanged through the thin walls of the capillaries? ✔✔Gases, nutrients, and wastes Venules ✔✔Blood which gave up on oxygen flows from the capillaries into tiny veins [Show More]

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