Digestion Flashcards

1
Q

Digestion

A

Food is broken down

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2
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Absorbation

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Digested food passes into the blood steam

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3
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Elimination

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Getting rid of undigested food

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4
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Physical digestion

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Taking large pieces of food and breaking them down to smaller pieces happens in the mouth (teeth) and in the stomach (churning)

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5
Q

Chemical digestion

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Involves the use of chemicals called enzymes to break down food

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6
Q

Enzymes

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Chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction

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7
Q

Product

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Enzymes acts on a substrate and breaks it down into a product

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8
Q

Bile

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Made in liver to break down fats

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9
Q

Pancreas

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Makes digestive juices in which contain enzymes

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10
Q

Substrate

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Enzymes reacts on

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11
Q

Small intestine

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Most chemical digestion happens here…

Absorbation of nutrition happens here

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12
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Eating

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Food is taken into the body

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13
Q

Incisor

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Cutting tooth

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14
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Canine tooth

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Tearing food

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15
Q

Premolar tooth

A

Grinding

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16
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Molar

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Grinding