Ch. 13 Animal Physiology Flashcards
Hydra - Digestion
Gastrovascular cavity, has only one opening.
Cells of the gastrodermis (lining of the gastrovascular cavity) secrete digestive enzymes into the cavity for
extracellular digestion
Earthworm - Digestion
From the mouth, food moves to the esophagus and then to the crop where it is stored. Posterior to the crop, the gizzard, which consists of thick, muscular walls, grinds up the food.
Earthworm - absorption
Is enhanced by the presence of a large fold in the upper surface of the intestine -> typhlosole. which greatly increases the surface area.
Grasshopper - Disgestion
a digestive tract consists of a long tube consisting of a crop and gizzard.
Humans - Digestion
Digestion - breaking down large food molecules into smaller usable molecules.
Absorption - the diffusion of these smaller molecules in the body’s cells.
Fats
Get broken down into glycerol and fatty acids.
Starch
into monosaccharides
Nucleic acids
into nucleotides
Proteins
into amino acids
Vitamins and minerals
They are small enough to be absorbed without being digested.
Digestive tract
made of smooth (involuntary) muscle.
Smooth (involuntary) muscle that pushes the food along the digestive tract by a process
Peristalsis
Mouth
Tongue and teeth break down food mechanically.
Salivary amylase
released by salivary glands begins the chemical breakdown of starch.
Esophagus
After swallowing. food is directed into the esophagus, by the epiglottis, a flap of cartilage in the back of the pharynx (throat). No digestion occurs in the esophagus.
Stomach
Churns food mechanically and secretes gastic juice.
Gastric juice
A mixture of the enzyme pepsinogen and hydrochloric acid that begins the digestion of proteins.
The acid environment (pH 2-3) activates ________ to become the active enzyme ______ and also kills germs.
Pepsinogen … pepsin
The stomach of all mammals contains _______ to aid in the digestion of the protein in milk.
Rennin
__________ at the top of the stomach keeps food in the stomach from backing up into the esophagus and burning it.
Cardiac sphincter
__________ at the bottom of the stomach keeps the food in the stomach long enough to be digested.
Pyloric sphincter
Digestion is completed in the _________
Duodenum
Intestinal enzymes and pancreatic amylases hydrolyze starch and glycogen into _______.
Maltose