Chapter 3-Digestion

Question 1

What are the types of tissues?

Answer 1

Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous, etc.

Question 2

What is the definition of an Organ?

Answer 2

Combination of one or more types of tissues to for more complex structures

Question 3

What is the organ system?

Answer 3

Several organs that work together, such as the digestive system.

Question 4

What is the epithelial tissue?

Answer 4

Composed of cells that cover the surface of your body. It lines the respiratory tract and secretes substances, absorbs nutrients, excretes waste.

Question 5

What does the Connective tissue do?

Answer 5

Supports and protects the body, stores fat, and produces blood cells

Question 6

What does the muscle tissue do?

Answer 6

It is designed for movement

Question 7

What does Nervous tissue do?

Answer 7

It is found in the brain and spinal cord. It is designed to communicate with the body

Question 8

What are the parts of the digestive tract?

Answer 8

Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, colon, anus

Question 9

What are the digestive system’s accessory organs?

Answer 9

Liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bile duct, pancreatic duct

Question 10

What does the mouth do in digestion?

Answer 10

It does mechanical digestion, and the salivary amylase break down the food

Question 11

What happen in the esophagus during digestion?

Answer 11

It is where food becomes chime. There is peristalsis that move the chime to the stomach

Question 12

What does the stomach do during digestion?

Answer 12

Acid breaks down food, secretions primarily process protein. The lining has to be resistant to the acid

Question 13

Where is saliva and what does it do?

Answer 13

In the mouth, contains enzymes that contribute to starch and fat digestion. It also provides lubrication for swallowing

Question 14

Where is and what does mucus do?

Answer 14

It’s in the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, it protects the GI tract cells and lubricates

Question 15

Where are and what do enzymes do?

Answer 15

In the mouth, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. It promotes digestion of carbs, fats, proteins, into forms small enough for absorption

Question 16

Where and what does acid do?

Answer 16

It is in the stomach. It promotes digestion of protein, destroys pathogens, solubizes some minerals, and activates some enzymes.

Question 17

Where and what does bile do?

Answer 17

It is made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It aids fat digestion in the small intestine by suspending fat in water with bile acids, cholesterol, and phospholipids

Question 18

Where is and what does bicarbonate do?

Answer 18

In the pancreas and small intestine. It neutralizes stomach acid when it reaches small intestine and chyme.

Question 19

Where and what do hormones do?

Answer 19

In the stomach, small intestine, and pancreas. It stimulates production and release of acid, enzymes, bile, and bicarbonate. Helps regulate movement of food matter.

Question 20

What is the intrinsic factor?

Answer 20

It is in the stomach. Facilitates absorption of vitamin b12

Question 21

What is chyme?

Answer 21

Food, acids, and secretions

Question 22

What does peristalsis do?

Answer 22

It moves chyme down esophagus into the stomach

Question 23

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 23

Digests carbs, fats, and protein

Question 24

What is exocrim?

Answer 24

Outside of the digestion tract, it makes secretions out of the body into the digestive tract

Question 25

What is endocrim?

Answer 25

It produces something that goes into the blood (hormones), Produces insulin and glucagon

Question 26

What are the products of digestion?

Answer 26

Amino acids, simple sugars, fatty acids, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, and water

Question 27

What happens in the small intestine during digestion?

Answer 27

Most digestion and absorption occur here. There are fingerlike projections that increase surface area. CV system used to absorb nutrients

Question 28

What are nutrients used for?

Answer 28

For energy, structure, and regulation

Question 29

What are prebiotics?

Answer 29

Foods that nourish the bacteria in your gut

Question 30

What are probiotics?

Answer 30

Healthy bacteria that reside in your gut, can be found in some foods

Question 31

What are postbiotics?

Answer 31

Metabolites produced by beneficial bacteria

Question 32

Where is gluten found?

Answer 32

Wheat, Rye, and Barley

Question 33

What are symptoms of Celic Disease?

Answer 33

Abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dermatitis, weight loss, depression, fatigue

Question 34

How do you get diagnosed for Celiac?

Answer 34

tTGA, EMA, or biopsy

Question 35

What are treatments for celiac disease?

Answer 35

Gluten-Free Diet