digestion

Question 1

stages of digestion

Answer 1

ingestion - taking food in the body

digestion - breaking down food into small chemical units, happens in the stomach and small intestine

absorption - when the chemical units are passed into blood and are carried to the liver happens in small inestine

metabolism - where chemical units are converted into energy

excrection - removal of any indigestible material

Question 2

dog and cat

Answer 2

monogastric - short digestive tract

digestive system -
oral cavity
pharynx
oesphogus
stomach
small intestine (Duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
large intestine (caecum, colon, rectum, anus)

Question 3

oral cavity

Answer 3

lips, pharynx, cheek to cheek
separate regions

buccal cavity - inside of the cheek

central cavity - hard palate dorsally, tongue ventrally, teeth laterally

Question 4

oral cavity

Answer 4

prehension - pick up food with lips and tongue

break food up - via mastication

lubrication - easier to swallow

Question 5

how does sweating cool us down?

Answer 5

vasodilation causes warm blood to move to the surface of the skin which allows it to be cooled down, when sweat evaporates, it cools down the surface of the skin which lowers temperature, panting icreases resp rate which allows more cool air to enter and cooling down the body