Digestive And Excretory System Flashcards
The major reaction involved in the digestion of macromolecules is…….
Hydrolysis
Digestion begins in the……..with……..in salvia.
Mouth
Alpha amylase
The major carbohydrate in human diet…
Starch
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The chains of starch are straight
Bolus?
Chewed food forms a clump(توده) in the mouth called bolus
Peristaltic action?
A wave motion that is performed by smooth muscle
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No digestion occurs in esophagus
Sphincter?
A ring of muscle that is normally contracted so that there is no opening at its center
Bolus moves into the stomach through……..
Cardiac sphincter (lower esophageal sphincter)
Chyme?
The stomach is a very flexible pouch that both mixes and stores food, reducing it to a semifluid mass called chyme.
Protein digestion begins in…..with enzyme…..
Stomach
Pepsin
A full stomach has a PH of ….
2
4 gastric gland cell types:
1)Mucous cells(have rough ER and Golgi)
2)Chief(peptic) cells(synthesizing pepsinogen in rough ER)
3)Parietal(oxyntic) cells(many mitochondria to produce sufficient energy to establish a protein gradient)
4)G cells(secreting gastrin)
Mucus composed mainly of a ………….and……….
Sticky glycoprotein
Electrolytes
Some mucous cells also secrete a small amount of…….
Pepsinogen