Digestive Flashcards

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Where is water absorbed?

A

Large intestine

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Where does the digestion start?

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Mouth

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What are the 2 types of digestion?

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Mechanical and chemical

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What tube connects mouth and stomach

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Esophagus

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Definition of digestion?

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To break down

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How does the circulatory system help the digestive system?

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Circulatory helps deliver nutrients to digestive

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Digestive system

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Body system which food is converted into smaller pieces for cells to use

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Mouth

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Both chemical and mechanical digestion begins here

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Peristalsis

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Involuntary waves of muscle contraction that pushes food down toward the stomach

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Esophagus

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A muscular tube, lines with mucus, contracts using peristalsis to push food down to the stomach

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Liver

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Organ that releases bile

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Bile

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A chemical that helps break down fats. Released from liver

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Gallbladder

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Structure that stores bile

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Enzymes

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Chemicals that break down food into smaller pieces that can be absorbed into the bloodstream

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Small intestine

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Structure lined with villi in which most digestion takes place

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Large intestine

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Organ that absorbs most of the left over water, helpful bacteria also lives there

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Rectum/anus

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Lower end of large intestine, feces collect here

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Pancreas

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Organ that adds pancreatic juices to break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins

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Epiglottis

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Flap of tissue that seals windpipe preventing food from entering lungs

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Stomach

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J-Shaped organ. Using acids and enzymes to create chime