ch10: digestive system Flashcards
mouth
chews food and mixes with saliva
saliva glands
produces amylase
oesophagus
carries food to the stomach (peristalsis)
liver
produces green substance called bile
what is bile
a green substance that helps break down fats
stomach
churns food and mixes with digestive enzymes and acids
gall bladder
stores bile
pancreas
makes digestive enzymes
small intestines
digests and absorbs FOOD into blood
large intestine
absorbs WATER into blood
Rectum
stores faeces
Anus
allows faeces to pass out of the body
what is digestion?
the breaking down of larger food particles into smaller particles
system
a group of organs working together
ingestion
food is taken in
absorption
food is taken into the blood
digestion (nutrition)
food is broken down
assimilation
the body uses the food
egestion
faeces is removed from the body
