Digestion Flashcards
Lips
To close the mouth
Mouth
Opening for food
The teethe three functions at to?
Cut grind and tear
What does the tongue do?
Pushes the food around and it aids in swallowing, also has taste buds
What do the salivary glands do and what type of enzyme is in them?
Moisten food and break down starch, the enzyme is amylase
What pushes food to your stomach with a process called peristalsis, also has muscular contractions?
Esophagus
What stops food from going into your trehcea?
Epiglottis
What does the cardiac shphincter do?
Keeps food in the stomach and out of the esophagus
What does the the stomach do and what is the name of the enzyme and the acid
Breaks down proteins, the enzyme is pepsin, and the acid is called hydrochloride
What protects the stomach from acid an pepsin
Stomach wall/ Mucus
Pyloric shphincter?
Keeps food in the stomach and out of the small intestine
Ulcers?
Hole in the stomach lining
What breaks down fatty acids and produces bile? And where does this material do its work
Liver and gullbladder, small intestine
What three foods are digested by the pancreas?
Proteins into amino acid, carbohydrates into sugar, and fat into fatty acids
What job other then digestine happens in the small intestine? And what 2 foods are digested by enzymes from the small intestine
Absorption, carbohydrates, and fat
