Digestion & Nutrition Flashcards
Digestive Tract (In Order)
- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
What are these apart of?
- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
The Digestive tract
3 Parts of the small intestine? (In Order)
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- ileum
What are these?
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- ileum
The 3 parts of the small intestine
4 Parts of the large intestine? (In Order)
- Ascending Colon
- Transverse Colon
- Descending Colon
- Sigmoid Colon
What are these?
- Ascending Colon
- Transverse Colon
- Descending Colon
- Sigmoid Colon
The 4 Parts if the large intestine
Whats between the small & large intestine
The appendix
The appendix is
Between the small & large intestine
Whats located on the top & bottom of your mouth
The Salivary Glands
The Salivary Glands are
Located on the top and bottom of your mouth
Whats located below the liver?
The Gall-bladder
The Gall-Bladder is
Located below the liver
Whats located near the stomach
The Pancreas
The Pancreas is
Located near the stomach
The primary role of the Mouth
To help digest food by reducing its size. (From big to small particles)
What helps digest food by reducing its size. (From big to small particles)?
The Mouth
What are the enzymes in your mouth? And what do they do
Lipase. Which breaks down fats. And Salivary Amylase. Which breaks down Carbs
Where are Lipase and Salivary Amylase found?
In the Mouth
The Tongues roles
For tasting our food, mixing saliva, and moving food around/to the rear of throat.
What is used for tasting our food, mixing saliva, and moving food around/to the rear of throat.
The Tongue
What is the “Epiglottis”
It’s a flap of cartilage that seals off the windpipe during eating
Whats the It’s a flap of cartilage that seals off the windpipe during eating called?
The “Epiglottis”
How long is the “Esophagus”?
25 to 20 centimeters long
Whats 25 to 20 centimeters long?
The “Esophagus”
Whats a “Cell”?
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
The basic unit of structure and function in living things is called?
A “Cell”
Whats a “Tissue”
A group of cells that perform a single function
A group of cells that perform a single function is called?
A “Tissue”
The 2 Salivary glands are called
Parotid (At front) and Submaxillary (At Back) glands
Parotid (At front) and Submaxillary (At Back) are?
Salivary Glands
How much can the stomach hold at one time?
2-4 Liters
What can hold 2-4 Liters in your body?
The Stomach
What are “Gastric Glands”?
They make the juices in our stomach
What makes the juices in our stomach?
“Gastric Glands”
What is “Pepsin”
The enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein
Whats the enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein?
“Pepsin”
What is “Hydrochloric acid”
It helps pepsin break down protein
What helps pepsin break down protein?
“Pepsin”
What is chyme?
The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from stomach to small intestine
The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from stomach to small intestine is called?
“Chyme”
Mechanical Digestion in the stomach?
The stomach churns the bolus in your stomach mixing everything around.
The stomach-churning the bolus in your stomach mixing everything around is an example of?
Mechanical Digestion in your stomach
What is the “Pyloric Valve”?
It controls the amount of food going from the stomach to the small intestine.
What controls the amount of food going from the stomach to the small intestine?
The “Pyloric Valve”
What Causes Ulcers?
The failure of your stomach mucus.
What happens when your stomach mucus fails?
Ulcers happen.
What is Absorption?
When the body absorbs all the nutrients from fats, proteins, and carbs.
When the body absorbs all the nutrients from fats, proteins, and carbs is called?
“Absorption”
