BIO DIGESTIVE QUIZ Flashcards
THE LAST PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
ILEUM
PRODUCES SALIVA IN YOUR MOUTH
SALIVARY GLANDS
LARGE BUMPS AT THE BACK OF THE TONGUE, THERE ARE ONLY 8 TO 10 OF THESE
VALLATE
SECRETES A JUICE TO REDUCE THE ACIDITY OF THE CHYME
PANCREAS
A WAVE OF MUSCULAR CONRACTIONS THAT PUSHES THE BOLUS DOWN TOWARDS THE STOMACH
PERISTALSIS
FIVE BASIC TASTES
BITTER, SALTY, SOUR, SWEET, UMAMI
PROCESS OF REMOVING ANY LEFTOVER WASTE
EGESTION
TEETH FOR GRINDING AND CRUSHING
PRE-MOLARS AND MOLARS
SMALL BUMPS AT THE FRONT OF THE TONGUE
FILIFORM
PROCESS OF TAKING IN FOOD
INGESTION
KILLS OFF ANY INVADING BACTERIA OR VIRUSES
ACID
FLAP-LIKE STRUCTURE AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT. PREVENTS FOOD FROM ENTERING IT.
EPIGLOTTIS
PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN FOOD INTO NUTRIENTS
DIGESTION
WHERE LEFTOVER WASTE IS COMPACTED AND STORED
RECTUM
SAVORY TASTE, ALSO CALLED THE FIFTH TASTE
UMAMI
THE MUSCULAR TUBE THROUGH WHICH FOOD PASSES FROM THE MOUTH TO THE STOMACH
ESOPHAGUS
PURPOSE OF PAPILLAE
GRIP AND TASTE THE FOOD
PROTECTS THE LINING OF THE STOMACH FROM BEING EATEN AWAY BY ACID
MUCUS