BIOLOGY 3 - Digestion Flashcards
What is the function of the salivary gland?
Produces saliva
What’s an adaptation of the salivary gland?
has enzymes to digest food
What’s the function of oesophagus
to transport food to stomach by peristalsis
What’s an adaptation of the oesophagus?
muscular walls
What’s the function of the stomach
mix food
kill harmful microbes
optimum ph for enzymes
digest food
what’s the adaptation of the stomach
strong muscles
produces hydrochloric acid
produces enzymes
what’s the function of the liver?
produces bile
what’s the adaptations of liver
neutralises stomach acid
what’s the function of the gallbladder
stores bile
what’s the adaptations of the gallbladder
small bag like structure
what’s the function of small intestine
produces enzymes
what’s the adaptations of small intestine
digestion of food
large intestine function
solidifies waste
large intestine adaptation
special cells (villi) to absorb fluids
function of anus
releases waste
