digestion Flashcards
digestion
breaking food into small pieces to. be absorbed by the body
what does the mouth do
physical and chemical breakdown breakdown of food, caused by the teeth grinding down the food (physical) and saliva breaks down startch in food to maltase (chemical)
what does saliva do in the mouth
breaks down starch in food to maltase
oesophagus
food is pushed into the oesophagus by the tongue, a rippling movement called ‘peristalsis’ pushes food through this tube
what do your teeth do
teeth help by grinding down the food
how does food get down your oesophagus
food is pushed down by your tongue
what is the rippling movement called
peristalsis which pushes food through this tube
what does the gall badder produce
bile
liver
the gall bladder located in the liver produces bile. this flows into the duoclenum and makes fat molecules to mix with water and bile to form emulsion.
where does bile flow to
the duoclenum
what forms from fat molecules mixing with water and bile
emulsion
stomach
a muscular bag located in the top left of the abdomen, gastric juice is produced by the stomach which contains enzymes and hydrochloric acid
the stomach churns food to make a liquid called chyme , the enzymes there are pepsin, and rennin , these help break down proteins
where is ur stomach located
top left of abdomen
what does gastric juice contain
enzymes and hydrochloric acid
what is produced when the stomach churns food
chyme
