Digestion Flashcards
Define
DIGESTION
The break down of food
Define
ABSORPTION
The taking up of nutrients
Define
ELIMINATION
poop
Name 2 types of
TRANSFORMATIONS
Needed for ABSORPTION
to occur
- Mechanical change (physical)
- Chemical change (Chemical)
What SMOOTH MUSCLE
Moves food down the
ESOPHAGUS
(In wave like motion)
Peristalsis
What structure
Produces BILE
Liver
What is the purpose
Of BILE
Separates fat molecules
List the order food passes through
The body
(6)
MOUTH
PHARYNX
ESOPHAGUS
STOMACH
SMALL INTESTINE
LARGE INTESTINE
List (3) accessory glands
LIVER
PANCREAS
SALIVARY GLAND
Where does PROTEINS
Go through chemical digestion
STOMACH
Where does CARBOHYDRATES
go through chemical digestion
Mouth
Where does LIPIDS (fat)
Go through chemical digestion
Small intestine
What STORES bile
Gallbladder
Digestion begins when SALIVARY
GLAND sécrétion
Enter _______
Enters the MOUTH
What EXTENDS from the walls
Of the SMALL INTESTINE and
Absorbs products
Villi
When swallowing food,
Movement carry food along
Thé _____ to thé stomach
The ESOPHAGUS to the stomach
Another name for
LARGE INTESTINE
Colon
Name the digestive glands
5
Salivary gland
Gastric gland
Intestinal gland
Pancréas
Liver
What is a PHARYNX
A PASSAGEWAY for food and air
What does a EPIGLOTTIS
The passageway when it is
Closed after food is swallowed
Define ESOPHAGUS
A MUSCULAR TUBE that
Connects the PHARYNX to the STOMACH
Define PERISTALSIS
Contractions of muscle
Define CHYME
Partially digested food
What controls the entrance and exit of food
Sphincters
