Digestion Flashcards

1
Q

Ingestion

A

Food is taken in by the body

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2
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Digestion

A

Food is broken down

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3
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Absorption

A

Digested food passes through bloodstream

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4
Q

Assimilation

A

Using food in the cells of the body

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5
Q

Elimination

A

Getting rid of indigested food

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6
Q

Enzymes

A

Are chemical that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction
Enzymes act on a substrate and breaks it down into a product
Involves use of chemicals called enzymes to break down the food

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7
Q

Amylase

A

In mouth

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8
Q

Most chemical digestion happens in the

A

Small intestine

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9
Q

Bile

A

Made In liver to break down fats

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10
Q

Pancreas

A

Makes digestive juices which contain enzymes

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11
Q

Physical digestion

A

Happens in the mouth with the teeth and in the stomach with churning

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12
Q

Oesophagus

A

brings food from mouth to stomach

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13
Q

Rectum

A

Stores undigested food

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14
Q

Anus

A

Stores undigested food

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15
Q

Large ingestine

A

Water reabsorption

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16
Q

Small intestine

A

Most chemical digestion

17
Q

Pancreas

A

Makes digestive juice

18
Q

Gall bladder

A

Storage of bile

19
Q

Incisors

A

At the front of the mouth
4upper 4lower
Used for biting and cutting food

20
Q

Herbivore

A

Only eats plants
Very large incisors
Large morales and pre molars to chew grass

21
Q

Omnivore

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Eats plant and meat
Need all of the different teeth