Chapter 30 3/4 Flashcards
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The physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces of food.
Mechanical digestion
During ________ _______ , enzymes break down food into molecules the body can use.
Chemical digestion
stages of digestion system
- ingestion
- digestion
3.absorption - elimination
Putting food in mouth opening to digestive tract
ingestion
Breaking down of food
digestion
Once food is small enough, it can be absorbed by intestinal cells, and then transported to body via circulatory system
absorption
Food that is undigested, or indigestible travels through large intestine and is eliminated from body as feces
Elimination
Mouth breaks food via mechanical digestion.. food forms into _____-_
Bolus
Secreted from salivary glands, moisture food.. contains, Lysozyme, kills bacteria
Saliva
What breaks down starches into simple sugars
Amylase
Flap of tissue that overlaps esophagus or trachea- that prevents choking
Epiglottis
Contractions by smooth muscle that forces food downwards
Peristalsis
Thick ring of muscle; door of the stomach
cardiac sphincher
Smooth muscles churning food into ______
chyme
Stomach walls produce:
HCI needed to activate pepsin,
thick line of mucus ( protects organ walls) PH of stomach
Enzyme that breaks protein into smaller polypeptide fragments
Pepsin
Holes in stomach caused by H Pylori- internal bleeding and painful
Peptic ulcer
As chyme leaves stomach it enters ____ _______
small intestine
Small intestine where…
most chemical digestion/absorption of food occurs
Produces enzymes that break down carbs, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
Pancreas
Base which neutralizes chyme from stomach
Sodium bicarbonate
Amylase-
Lipase-
Trypsin-
breaks down starch
breaks down fat
breaks down proteins
All enzymes released by pancreas via…
Pancreatic duct
produces bile, which breaks down fat into droplets (enables lipase to break down droplets)
liver