Digestion

Question 1

What are the four phases of digestion ?

Answer 1

1- ingestion
2- digestion
3- absorption
4- elimination

Question 2

What do salivary glands do?

Answer 2

injects saliva.

Question 3

What does the liver do?

Answer 3

The liver produces bile.

Question 4

The gallbladder does what?

Answer 4

it stores bile.

Question 5

What does the large intestine do?

Answer 5

absorbs water and other small nutrients.

Question 6

What does the small intestine do?

Answer 6

It absorbs tiny nutrients in the blood

Question 7

What does the mouth do?

Answer 7

masticate

Question 8

What does the esophagus do?

Answer 8

peristalsis

Question 9

What does the stomach contain?

Answer 9

it contain pepsin and hydrochloric acid

Question 10

What does the stomach do?

Answer 10

its gastric juices mix with bolus to make chyme

Question 11

What does the pancreas make?

Answer 11

pancreatic juice

Question 12

What does the rectum do?

Answer 12

its where poop is stored

Question 13

Why do we masticate?

Answer 13

to break down food in to smaller parts to facilitate digestion

Question 14

What is saliva?

Answer 14

it’s an enzyme

Question 15

What is the pharynx

Answer 15

a passage from the mouth to the esophagus

Question 16

What’s peristalsis?

Answer 16

it’s the esophagus pushing and squishing food to bring down to the stomach

Question 17

whats bolus?

Answer 17

when food goes down the esophagus

Question 18

What’s the stomach?

Answer 18

a muscular bag

Question 19

The stomach is layered with what? and why?

Answer 19

slimy mucous because it protects the stomach from its own acids

Question 20

What’s an ulcer?

Answer 20

it’s when the mucous breaks

Question 21

Where is bile secreted? and why?

Answer 21

into the small intestine to break down fats

Question 22

The pancreas secretes what hormone?

Answer 22

insulin

Question 23

What’s the anus?

Answer 23

it’s where waste leaves the body