Chapter 5- Vocabulary Flashcards
Amino acids
Small building blocks of proteins, released when proteins are digested
Absorption
Passage of material through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
Amylase
Enzyme (-ase) secreted by the pancreas and salivary glands to digest starch (amyl/o)
Anus
Terminal end or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
Appendix
Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant
Bile
Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder
Bilirubin
Pigment released by the liver in bile
Bowel
Intestine
Canine teeth
Pointed, dog-like teeth .also called cuspids or eyeteeth
Cecum
First part of the large intestine
Colon
Portion of the large intestine consisting of the ascending, transverse ,descending and sigmoid segment
Common bile duct
Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum
Defecation
Elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the anus
Deglutition
Swallowing
Dentin
Primary material found in teeth
Digestion
Breakdown of complex food to simplex form
Duodenu
First part of the small intestine
Elimination
Act of removal of material from the body
Emulsification
Physical process of braking up large fat globules into smaller globules
Enamel
Hard, outermost layer of a tooth
Enzyme
Chemical that speeds up a reaction between substance
Esophagus
Tube connecting the throat to the stomach. Eso-means inward; phag/o means swallowing.