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Digestion & Nutrition Flashcards

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Digestive Tract (In Order)

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  1. Mouth
  2. Esophagus
  3. Stomach
  4. Small Intestine
  5. Large Intestine
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What are these apart of?

  1. Mouth
  2. Esophagus
  3. Stomach
  4. Small Intestine
  5. Large Intestine
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The Digestive tract

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3 Parts of the small intestine? (In Order)

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  1. Duodenum
  2. Jejunum
  3. ileum
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What are these?

  1. Duodenum
  2. Jejunum
  3. ileum
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The 3 parts of the small intestine

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4 Parts of the large intestine? (In Order)

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  1. Ascending Colon
  2. Transverse Colon
  3. Descending Colon
  4. Sigmoid Colon
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What are these?

  1. Ascending Colon
  2. Transverse Colon
  3. Descending Colon
  4. Sigmoid Colon
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The 4 Parts if the large intestine

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Whats between the small & large intestine

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The appendix

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The appendix is

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Between the small & large intestine

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Whats located on the top & bottom of your mouth

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The Salivary Glands

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The Salivary Glands are

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Located on the top and bottom of your mouth

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Whats located below the liver?

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The Gall-bladder

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The Gall-Bladder is

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Located below the liver

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Whats located near the stomach

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The Pancreas

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The Pancreas is

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Located near the stomach

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The primary role of the Mouth

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To help digest food by reducing its size. (From big to small particles)

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What helps digest food by reducing its size. (From big to small particles)?

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The Mouth

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What are the enzymes in your mouth? And what do they do

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Lipase. Which breaks down fats. And Salivary Amylase. Which breaks down Carbs

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Where are Lipase and Salivary Amylase found?

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In the Mouth

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The Tongues roles

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For tasting our food, mixing saliva, and moving food around/to the rear of throat.

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What is used for tasting our food, mixing saliva, and moving food around/to the rear of throat.

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The Tongue

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What is the “Epiglottis”

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It’s a flap of cartilage that seals off the windpipe during eating

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Whats the It’s a flap of cartilage that seals off the windpipe during eating called?

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The “Epiglottis”

23
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How long is the “Esophagus”?

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25 to 20 centimeters long

24
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Whats 25 to 20 centimeters long?

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The “Esophagus”

25
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Whats a “Cell”?

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things is called?

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A “Cell”

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Whats a “Tissue”

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A group of cells that perform a single function

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A group of cells that perform a single function is called?

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A “Tissue”

29
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The 2 Salivary glands are called

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Parotid (At front) and Submaxillary (At Back) glands

30
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Parotid (At front) and Submaxillary (At Back) are?

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Salivary Glands

31
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How much can the stomach hold at one time?

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2-4 Liters

32
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What can hold 2-4 Liters in your body?

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The Stomach

33
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What are “Gastric Glands”?

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They make the juices in our stomach

34
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What makes the juices in our stomach?

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“Gastric Glands”

35
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What is “Pepsin”

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The enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein

36
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Whats the enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein?

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“Pepsin”

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What is “Hydrochloric acid”

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It helps pepsin break down protein

38
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What helps pepsin break down protein?

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“Pepsin”

39
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What is chyme?

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The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from stomach to small intestine

40
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The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from stomach to small intestine is called?

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“Chyme”

41
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Mechanical Digestion in the stomach?

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The stomach churns the bolus in your stomach mixing everything around.

42
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The stomach-churning the bolus in your stomach mixing everything around is an example of?

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Mechanical Digestion in your stomach

43
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What is the “Pyloric Valve”?

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It controls the amount of food going from the stomach to the small intestine.

44
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What controls the amount of food going from the stomach to the small intestine?

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The “Pyloric Valve”

45
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What Causes Ulcers?

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The failure of your stomach mucus.

46
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What happens when your stomach mucus fails?

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Ulcers happen.

47
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What is Absorption?

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When the body absorbs all the nutrients from fats, proteins, and carbs.

48
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When the body absorbs all the nutrients from fats, proteins, and carbs is called?

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“Absorption”

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