Digestive System 1

Question 1

Four stages of digestion

Answer 1

Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Egestion

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

Taking in of food into the digestive system

Question 3

Digestion

Answer 3

Breakdown of food physically and chemically

Question 4

Absorption

Answer 4

Occurs when digested food passes from the digestive system and enters the blood

Question 5

Egestion

Answer 5

Removal of unabsorbed waste from digestive system

Question 6

Types of teeth

Answer 6

Incisors
Canines
Premolars
Molars

Question 7

Mechanical digestion

Answer 7

Takes place in the mouth by the chewing and grinding action of teeth on food

Question 8

Chemical digestion

Answer 8

Occurs in the mouth by the action of enzyme amylase.

Amylase is found in salivary, which is a fluid produced by 3 pairs of salivary glands

Question 9

What is the dental formula

Answer 9

2(I 2/2 C 1/1 P 2/2 M3/3)

Question 10

Functions of digestive system

Answer 10

Oesophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large 
Cilli
Single villus
Liver

Question 11

Oesophagus

Answer 11

Muscular tube connecting pharynx to the stomach

Question 12

Peristalsis

Answer 12

Mines food down the oesophagus

Question 13

Stomach

Answer 13

Muscular bag

Churns and mixed food with gastric acid forming chyme

Question 14

What does the stomach do

Answer 14

Digests food

Question 15

How long does the stomach form food

Answer 15

4 hours

Question 16

How long is small intestine

Answer 16

5-6m

Question 17

Functions of small intestine

Answer 17

Digestion

Absorption

Question 18

What are the 3 parts of the small intestine

Answer 18

Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

Question 19

Where does digestion occur

Answer 19

Duodenum

Question 20

What absorbs nutrients

Answer 20

Jejunum

Ileum

Question 21

What does the large intestine do

Answer 21

Feeds off your waste

Question 22

Function of colon

Answer 22

Produce b group vitamins

Digests cellulose

Question 23

What do the caecum, appendix and rectum do

Answer 23

Store faeces

Question 24

Villi

Answer 24

Increases surface area for absorption of digested food

Question 25

Where are all digested foods absorbed

Answer 25

Into blood vessels

Question 26

What does the liver produce

Answer 26

Bike

Question 27

What does the liver break down

Answer 27

Toxins

Question 28

Where does bile enter the duodenum

Answer 28

Through the bile duct

Question 29

What does bile consist of? 3 things

Answer 29

Water
Bile salts
Bile pigments

Question 30

Functions of the liver

Answer 30

Emulsisphies fats

Neautralizes the acidic chyme from stomach

Question 31

If it ends in ‘ose’ it is a..

Answer 31

Sugar

Question 32

Name the digestive enzymes

Answer 32

Salivary amylase
Pepsin
Lipase

Question 33

What does salivary amylase digest

Answer 33

Starch

Question 34

Where is salivary amylase produces

Answer 34

Salivary glands

Question 35

Where does salivary amylase act

Answer 35

The mouth

Question 36

What does pepsin digest

Answer 36

Protein

Question 37

Where is pepsin produced

Answer 37

Gastric glands in stomach

Question 38

Where does pepsin act

Answer 38

Stomach

Question 39

What does lipase digest

Answer 39

Fat

Question 40

Lipase is producer in the

Answer 40

Pancreas

Question 41

Lipase acts on

Answer 41

Duodenum