Digestion Flashcards by Kaye Jade | Brainscape

Q

Define

DIGESTION

A

The break down of food

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Q

Define

ABSORPTION

A

The taking up of nutrients

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Q

Define

ELIMINATION

A

poop

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Q

Name 2 types of
TRANSFORMATIONS

Needed for ABSORPTION

to occur

A

Mechanical change (physical)

- Chemical change (Chemical)

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Q

What SMOOTH MUSCLE

Moves food down the
ESOPHAGUS

(In wave like motion)

A

Peristalsis

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Q

What structure

Produces BILE

A

Liver

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Q

What is the purpose

Of BILE

A

Separates fat molecules

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Q

List the order food passes through
The body

(6)

A

MOUTH

PHARYNX

ESOPHAGUS

STOMACH

SMALL INTESTINE

LARGE INTESTINE

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Q

List (3) accessory glands

A

LIVER

PANCREAS

SALIVARY GLAND

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Q

Where does PROTEINS

Go through chemical digestion

A

STOMACH

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Q

Where does CARBOHYDRATES

go through chemical digestion

A

Mouth

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Q

Where does LIPIDS (fat)

Go through chemical digestion

A

Small intestine

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Q

What STORES bile

A

Gallbladder

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Q

Digestion begins when SALIVARY
GLAND sécrétion
Enter _______

A

Enters the MOUTH

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Q

What EXTENDS from the walls

Of the SMALL INTESTINE and

Absorbs products

A

Villi

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Q

When swallowing food,

Movement carry food along

Thé _____ to thé stomach

A

The ESOPHAGUS to the stomach

Q

Another name for

LARGE INTESTINE

A

Colon

Q

Name the digestive glands

5

A

Salivary gland

Gastric gland

Intestinal gland

Pancréas

Liver

Q

What is a PHARYNX

A

A PASSAGEWAY for food and air

Q

What does a EPIGLOTTIS

A

The passageway when it is

Closed after food is swallowed

Q

Define ESOPHAGUS

A

A MUSCULAR TUBE that

Connects the PHARYNX to the STOMACH

Q

Define PERISTALSIS

A

Contractions of muscle

Q

Define CHYME

A

Partially digested food

Q

What controls the entrance and exit of food

A

Sphincters

Q

What is BOLUS

A

Mashed food

Q

What does the ENZYME AMYLASE do

A

Starts the chemical digestion of

CARBOHYDRATES

Q

What does the gastric glands do

A

Secrètes GASTRIC JUICES

Q

ENZYME chemically digest

What (3) NUTRIENTS

A

FATS

PROTEIN

CARBOHYDRATES