Digestion & Nutrition

Question 1

Digestive Tract (In Order)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What are these apart of?

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

Answer 2

The Digestive tract

Question 3

3 Parts of the small intestine? (In Order)

Answer 3

1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum
3. ileum

Question 4

What are these?

1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum
3. ileum

Answer 4

The 3 parts of the small intestine

Question 5

4 Parts of the large intestine? (In Order)

Answer 5

1. Ascending Colon
2. Transverse Colon
3. Descending Colon
4. Sigmoid Colon

Question 6

What are these?

1. Ascending Colon
2. Transverse Colon
3. Descending Colon
4. Sigmoid Colon

Answer 6

The 4 Parts if the large intestine

Question 7

Whats between the small & large intestine

Answer 7

The appendix

Question 8

The appendix is

Answer 8

Between the small & large intestine

Question 9

Whats located on the top & bottom of your mouth

Answer 9

The Salivary Glands

Question 10

The Salivary Glands are

Answer 10

Located on the top and bottom of your mouth

Question 11

Whats located below the liver?

Answer 11

The Gall-bladder

Question 12

The Gall-Bladder is

Answer 12

Located below the liver

Question 13

Whats located near the stomach

Answer 13

The Pancreas

Question 14

The Pancreas is

Answer 14

Located near the stomach

Question 15

The primary role of the Mouth

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The Mouth

Question 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Where are Lipase and Salivary Amylase found?

Answer 18

In the Mouth

Question 19

The Tongues roles

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The Tongue

Question 21

What is the “Epiglottis”

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

The “Epiglottis”

Question 23

How long is the “Esophagus”?

Answer 23

25 to 20 centimeters long

Question 24

Whats 25 to 20 centimeters long?

Answer 24

The “Esophagus”

Question 25

Whats a "Cell"?

Answer 25

The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

A "Cell"

Question 27

Whats a "Tissue"

Answer 27

A group of cells that perform a single function

Question 28

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

Answer 28

A "Tissue"

Question 29

The 2 Salivary glands are called

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Salivary Glands

Question 31

How much can the stomach hold at one time?

Answer 31

2-4 Liters

Question 32

What can hold 2-4 Liters in your body?

Answer 32

The Stomach

Question 33

What are "Gastric Glands"?

Answer 33

They make the juices in our stomach

Question 34

What makes the juices in our stomach?

Answer 34

"Gastric Glands"

Question 35

What is "Pepsin"

Answer 35

The enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein

Question 36

Whats the enzyme in our stomach that breaks down Protein?

Answer 36

"Pepsin"

Question 37

What is "Hydrochloric acid"

Answer 37

It helps pepsin break down protein

Question 38

What helps pepsin break down protein?

Answer 38

"Pepsin"

Question 39

What is chyme?

Answer 39

The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from stomach to small intestine

Question 40

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

Answer 40

"Chyme"

Question 41

Mechanical Digestion in the stomach?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Mechanical Digestion in your stomach

Question 43

What is the "Pyloric Valve"?

Answer 43

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

Question 44

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

Answer 44

The "Pyloric Valve"

Question 45

What Causes Ulcers?

Answer 45

The failure of your stomach mucus.

Question 46

What happens when your stomach mucus fails?

Answer 46

Ulcers happen.

Question 47

What is Absorption?

Answer 47

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

Question 48

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

Answer 48

"Absorption"