Digestion

Question 1

nutrients

Answer 1

substances the body needs for growth, maintenance, and repair; carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water

Question 2

digestion

Answer 2

the process of breaking food down into nutrients

Question 3

alimentary canal

Answer 3

a long tube open at both ends, through which food passes as it is digested

Question 4

GI tract

Answer 4

alimentary canal

Question 5

accessory organs

Answer 5

organs that assist in the process of digestion, but food does not pass though them

Question 6

ingestion

Answer 6

the voluntary process of taking food or drink into the body though the mouth

Question 7

propulsion

Answer 7

the forceful movement to food from one organ to the next

Question 8

peristalsis

Answer 8

alternating waves of contraction and relaxation that push food along the GI tract

Question 9

mechanical digestion

Answer 9

the physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces

Question 10

segmentation

Question 11

chemical digestion

Question 12

absorption

Question 13

enzymes

Question 14

defecation

Question 15

mechanoreceptors

Question 16

chemoreceptors

Question 17

mastication

Question 18

salivary amylase

Question 19

deglutition

Question 20

bolus

Question 21

pharynx