Digestion Flashcards

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Stages of nutrition

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Getting energy from our food

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Eating

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Food is taken in by the body

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Digestion

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Food is broken down

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Absorption

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Digested food passes into the blood stream

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Elimination

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Getting rid of undigested food

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Physical Digestion

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Taking large pieces of food and breaking them down into smaller pieces.

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Functions of parts of the digestive system

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Mouth,Oesophagus,Liver,Stomach,Pancreas,Small intestine, Large intestine, Rectum ,Anus.

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Mouth

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Physical (teeth) and chemical (amylase) digestion

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Oesophagus

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Brings food from mouth to stomach

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Liver

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Makes bile (breaks down fat)

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Stomach

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Physical (churning) and chemical (stomach enzyme) digestion

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Pancreas

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Makes digestive juices called enzyme

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Small intestine

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Most if the chemical digestion occurs here

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Large intestine

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Water reabsorption happens here

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Rectum

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Stores undigested food

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Anus

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Undigested food passes out

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Product

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The substance produced as a result of the action of an enzyme.

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Substrate

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the substance that an enzyme acts on.

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Small intestine

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  1. Most chemical digestion happens here.

2. Absorption of nutrients happens here.

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Incisor

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Cutting

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Canine

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Tearing

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Premolar

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Grinding

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Molar

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Grinding

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Starch

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Is broken down by the enzyme