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Digestion Flashcards

1
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What is ingestion?

A

The taking in of food

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2
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What is excretion?

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The removal of undigested food from the body

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3
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What watery paste does the stomach mix food into?

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Chyme

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4
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What does the lining of the stomach produce?

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Hydrochloric acid

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5
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What holds food in the stomach?

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Sphincter muscles

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6
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Why is it important that bile and pancreatic juice are alkaline?

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  • So they neutralise the acidic contents that arrive from the stomach
  • Optimum pH for small intestine enzymes
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7
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What is bile?

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A digestive juice made by the liver

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8
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Where is bile stored?

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In the gall bladder

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9
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What is the pancreas?

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An organ in the digestive system

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10
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What are the two muscles called that are involved in peristalsis?

A

Circular muscles

Longitudinal muscles

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What do circular muscles do?

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They reduce the diameter of the gut when they contract

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12
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What do longitudinal muscles do?

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They reduce the length of the gut when they contract

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13
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What do the longitudinal and circular muscles work together to do?

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Produce wave-like contractions

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14
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What is digestion?

A

The chemical and mechanical breakdown of food

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15
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What is egestion?

A

Removal of food from the body that cannot be digested I.e solids

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16
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What is assimilation?

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Using nutrients to build living tissues

17
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What is absorption?

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The movement of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion or osmosis

18
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What is the function of the pharynx / oesophagus?

A

Carries food to the stomach through muscular contractions - peristalsis

19
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What is the function of the stomach?

A

Muscular walls churn food, forming chyme

20
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What is the function of the liver?

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Produces bile that neutralises HCL acid and emulsifies fats

21
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What is the function of the gall bladder?

A

Stores bile

22
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What is the function of the pancreas?

A

Produce digestives enzymes and relaxes them into the small intestine, as well as hormones insulin and gulcagon

23
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What is the function of the small intestine?

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Produce digestive enzymes and where food is absorbed into blood

24
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What is the function of the large intestine?

A

Excess water is absorbed from food

25
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What is the function of the rectum / anus

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Where faeces is sorted and egestion occurs

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