Digestive, Circulatory, Redporatory Flashcards
What is digestion
The breaking down of food into smaller nutrient molecules the body can use
What is chemical digestion
Chemicals produced by the body breaks food down into their smaller chemical building blocks
When your body gets ready to eat, it will increase the production of saliva, or_____
Spit
What is mucus
A sick slippery substance that makes it easy to swallow
Food is moved down the Esau for guests by waves of muscle contractions called
Peristalsis
What does hydrochloric acid do
Health break down food as well as killing many bacteria that you swallow
Almost all________digestion and__________of nutrients takes place in the small intestine
Chemical, absorption
What is the largest organ in the body
Liver
Liver is like an extremely busy chemical
Factory
Deliver produces____, A substance that breaks down fat particles
Bile
Where is bile stored
Gallbladder
The pancreas produces_______that then breaks down the fat chemically
Enzymes
What are villi
Millions of tiny finger shaped structures filled with tiny blood vessels
The large intestine contains________that feed on the material passing through
Bacteria
As the remaining material moves through the large intestine,_____is absorbed into the bloodstream
Water