Digestion Flashcards

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Lips

A

To close the mouth

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Mouth

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Opening for food

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The teethe three functions at to?

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Cut grind and tear

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What does the tongue do?

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Pushes the food around and it aids in swallowing, also has taste buds

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What do the salivary glands do and what type of enzyme is in them?

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Moisten food and break down starch, the enzyme is amylase

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What pushes food to your stomach with a process called peristalsis, also has muscular contractions?

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Esophagus

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What stops food from going into your trehcea?

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Epiglottis

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What does the cardiac shphincter do?

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Keeps food in the stomach and out of the esophagus

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What does the the stomach do and what is the name of the enzyme and the acid

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Breaks down proteins, the enzyme is pepsin, and the acid is called hydrochloride

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What protects the stomach from acid an pepsin

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Stomach wall/ Mucus

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Pyloric shphincter?

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Keeps food in the stomach and out of the small intestine

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Ulcers?

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Hole in the stomach lining

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What breaks down fatty acids and produces bile? And where does this material do its work

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Liver and gullbladder, small intestine

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What three foods are digested by the pancreas?

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Proteins into amino acid, carbohydrates into sugar, and fat into fatty acids

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What job other then digestine happens in the small intestine? And what 2 foods are digested by enzymes from the small intestine

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Absorption, carbohydrates, and fat

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What 3 things do the large intestine do?

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Water absorption, vitamins production, and forms feces