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Digestive System Flashcards

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1
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Purpose of the digestive system

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Breaks down food and absorbs it into the blood stream

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2
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Allementary canal

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The route that good travels through the digestive system

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3
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Tube that food travels through

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Alimentary canal

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Peristalsis

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Muscle contract and move the food through the Allementary canal

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5
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7 essential nutrients in your diet

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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
Minerals
Vitamins
Fibres
Water

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6
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Enzymes

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Proteins that speed up chemical reactions

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7
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Amyles

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Breaks down starch and sugars into carbs

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8
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Protease

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Breaks down proteins and amino acids

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9
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Lipase

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Breaks down fats into fatty acids

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10
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Actions of bile

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Neutralizes stomach acid
Emulsified fats to break down into smaller peices

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11
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Factors that affect enzyme activity

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Enzyme Concentration
Substrate concentrate
Temperature
Competition from inhabiters

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12
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Denatured

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Something disrupts the active site deforming it

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13
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Villi

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Absorbs nutrients into the blood

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14
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Each networks has it’s own network of

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Capillaries

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15
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3 adaptations of villi

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One cell thick
Large surface area
Has it’s own network of capillaries

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16
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Gluten is a

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Protein

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17
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Celiac Disease

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Auto immune response due to consumption of wheat, barley and rye

Peptide in these crops cause the immune system to attack and degrade Villi

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18
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Symptoms of celiac disease

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Weight loss
Bone loss
In ability to absorb minerals and nutrients

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19
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Found in the salivary glands, pancreas, and small intestines

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Amylase

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20
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Speed up breaking down starch into sugar

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Amylase

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21
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Breaks down into carbs

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Amyles

22
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Breaks down proteins

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Protease

23
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Made in stomach, pancreas and small intestine

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Protease

24
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Hydrochloric acids provide the perfect conditions for ___ enzymes

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Protease

25
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Breaks down fats into fatty acids

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Lypase

26
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Last to be broken down

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Lipase

27
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Are recycled

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Enzymes

28
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Are very specific

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Enzymes

29
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Has an active site

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Enzymes

30
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Carbohydrase is an enzyme that breaks down

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Carbohydrates

31
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Protease is an enzyme that breaks down

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Proteins

32
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Lipase is an enzyme that breaks down

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Fats

33
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Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down

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Starch

34
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Enzymes are biological ____ that sped up chemical reactions

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Catalysts

35
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Enzymes are protein molecules that are made up of long chains of

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Amino acids

36
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The sequence and type of amino acids are ____ in each proteins

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Different

37
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The shape of the enzyme are very important to it’s

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Functions

38
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Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions involved in important processes in the human body. What is one of these processes

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Digestion

39
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What’s the difference between villi and micro villi

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Micro villi coat the villi

40
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Ways to denature an enzyme

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Temperature
Oh

41
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Organs in the Allementary canal

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Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestines
Large intestines
Rectum
Anus

42
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Where is bile found

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Gall bladder
Liver
Small intestines

43
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Mouth

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Used for mechanical digestion

44
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Epiglottis

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Flap that closes Trachea so good can go down the esophagus

45
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Oesophegus

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Tube that connects mouth and stomach

46
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Small intestine

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Absorbs food into the blood stream

47
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Large intestine

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Absorbs water into intestine

48
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Appendix

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Small projection off the large intestine
Stores antibodies for potential poisoning

49
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Rectum

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Stores feces

50
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Anus

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Sphincter at the end of the digestion system allows feces to pass

51
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Gall bladder

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Stores bile

52
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Pancreas

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Produces digestive enzymes and insulin

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