10.2/10.3 Kahoot - Digestive System & Disorders Flashcards
digestion
The breakdown of food by mechanical and chemical means
Definition of absorption
The transport of nutrients into the circulatory system
Which of the following gives the definition of egestion?
the process of removing waste products from the body
What is a filter feeder?
Animals that strain food from the water
What is a substrate feeder?
Live in/on their own food source
What animal is a fluid feeder?
Hummingbird
What animal is a filter feeder?
clam
What is a bulk feeder?
animals who eats relatively large pieces of food
What is another name for digestive tract?
alimentary canal
Mechanical digestion is _____.
grinding food into smaller pieces
Chemical digestion is _____.
breaking nutrients into monomers by enzymes
Which macromolecule do microbes in the herbivore digestive tract help digest?
Carbohydrates
Which animal has a longer digestive tract - herbivore or carnivore?
Herbivores, because plants take longer to digest.
What is corprophagia?
The eating of faeces
What is a Ruminant?
An animal with more than one stomach
What is the function of uvula?
Preventing the bolus from entering the nasal cavity
What is the function of Saliva?
Moistens food and begins chemical digestion
What is a bolus?
A ball of food to be swallowed
What is the function of incisors?
biting
What is the function of canines/bicuspids?
tearing
What is the function of molars?
grinding
What are the 3 salivary glands called?
sublingual, parotid, and submandibular
What enzyme does saliva contain
amylase
the muscular movements of the esophagus is called?
peristalsis
What is the sphincter between the stomach an the esophagus called?
cardiac sphincter
Function of epiglottis:
Protect trachea from food entering
What is the mixture of food and digestive juice called?
Chyme
what kind(s) of digestion occurs in the stomach?
both
The function of mucus in stomach is
protection of inner walls of stomach
Cheif cells secrete
Pepsin
Parietal cells secrete
hydrochloric acid
valve controlling food movement from the stomach into the small intestine
pyloric sphincter
First part of small intestine
duodenum
General function of small intestine:
digestion and absorption