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18. Structure and function of Digestive system Flashcards

1
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What is A?

A

Anus

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What is mechanical digestion?

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To breakdown food through chewing, swallowing and muscular movements.
It physicallybreaks down foods into smaller pieces, increasing their surface area, without changing the chemical structure/composition

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3
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What type of digestion is chewing?

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Mechanical

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What is chemical digestion?

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To breakdown food in the mouth, stomach, and intestines through the use of acids and enzymes.
The chemical structure of the molecule is changed

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5
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What type of digestion involves ezymes?

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Chemical

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What is the function of the mouth?

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To mechanically (teeth) and chemically (saliva) to breakdown food

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What is the function of the oesophagus?

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To transports food bolus from the pharynx to the stomach

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What is the function of the stomach?

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To mechanically (churning of food through muscle contractions) and chemically breakdown (through activating enzymes eh. HCL)

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What is the function of the small intestine?

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To absorb nutrients into bloodstream

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What is the function of the large intestine?

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To absorb water and ions
To form and propel faeces

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What is the function of the rectum?

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To store faeces

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What is the function of the anus?

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To transport/provide pathway faeces out of the body

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What are the functions of the salivary glands?

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To lubricate food to make it easier to move through digestive system
To chemically digest foods  enzymes
To destroy ingested pathogens (Non-specific immune defence)

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What are the functions of the pancreas?

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To regulate of blood sugar levels (hormones)
To produce and release enzymes for digestion

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What are the functions of the liver?

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To secrete bile
To metabolise fats, carbohydrates and proteins

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What is the function of the gall bladder?

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To store, concentrate and release bile

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17
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What is B?

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Duodenum

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18
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What stores, concentrates and releases bile

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Gall Bladder

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19
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What secretes bile, metabolise fats, carbohydrates and proteins

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Liver

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20
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What regulates of blood sugar levels (hormones)
What produces and releases enzymes for digestion

A

Pancreas

21
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What lubricates food to make it easier to move through digestive system, chemically digest foods and produces enzymes
to destroy ingested pathogens (Non-specific immune defence)

A

Salivary glands

22
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What transports/provides a pathway for faeces to go out of the body

A

Anus

23
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What stores faeces

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Rectum

24
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What absorbs water and ions and forms and propel faeces

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Large intestine

25
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What absorbs nutrients into bloodstream

A

Small intestine

26
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What is the first part of the small intestine

A

Duodenum

27
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What is the middle part of the small intestine

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Jejunum

28
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What is the terminal part of the small intestine

A

Ileum

29
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What mechanically and chemically performs digestion (churning of food through muscle contractions and through activating enzymes eh. HCL)

A

Stomach

30
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What transports food bolus from the pharynx to the stomach

A

Oesophagus

31
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What is C?

A

Jejunum

32
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What is D?

A

Ileum

33
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What is E?

A

Large intestine

34
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What is F?

A

Rectum

35
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What is G?

A

Gall Bladder

36
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What is F?

A

Liver

37
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What is C?

A

Stomach

38
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What is D?

A

Pancreas

39
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Where is pepsin produced and what does it breakdown?

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Produced = Stomach
Breaksdown = Proteins

40
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What ezyme is produced in the stomach and breaksdown proteins?

A

Pepsin

41
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Where is secretin produced and what does it breakdown?

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Produced = Duodenum
Function = regulate gastric acid

42
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What ezyme is produced in the duodenum and regulates gastric acid?

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Secretin

43
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What ezyme is produced by the pancreas and salivary glands and breaksdown starch?

A

Amylase

44
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Where is amylase produced and what does it do?

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Produced = pancreas and salivary glands breaksdown = starch

45
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Where is lipase produced and what does it do?

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Produced = pancreas
breaksdown = fats/lipids

46
Q

What ezyme is produced by the pancreas and
breaksdowns fats/lipids

A

Lipase

47
Q

What ezyme is produced by the pancreas and
breaksdowns proteins

A

Trypsin

48
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Where is trypsin produced and what does it do?

A

produced =pancreas
breaksdowns = proteins

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