Digestion Flashcards

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Physical digestion

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Chewing and breaking up food in mouth and stomach

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Digestive system

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Group of organs breaking down food

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4 types of teeth

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Incisors,canines,premolars,molars

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Incisors

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Cutting

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Canines

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Tearing

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Premolars

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Grinding

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Molars

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Grinding

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Mouth

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Amylase breaks down starch

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Oesophagus

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Tube that carries food to the stomach

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Pancreas

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Makes digestive enzymes

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Large intestine

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Passes water back to the blood.

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Small intestine

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Food molecules are Absorbed into the bloodstream

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Liver

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Makes bike to break down fats

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Stomach

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Stores food and mixes it with digestive juices

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Chemical digestion

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Uses enzymes

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Enzyme

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Protein that can speed up a chemical reaction without being used up in the reaction

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Enzyme,substrate,product

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Amylase,starch,maltose

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Show action of amylase on starch

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Two test tubes heated at 37 degrees. Test for starch using iodine and for reducing sugar using benedicts solution. A turns in iodine and stays blue in benedicts. B remains brown In iodine and turns brick red in benedicts.