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Digestive System Flashcards

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1
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What are the parts of the digestive system

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Intestines
Gut
Stomach

Trachea
Cloaca
Rectum

Oral cavities
Oesophagus
Anus

Liver
Pancreas
Mouth
Teeth

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2
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What is the digestive system

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Organs designed to extract nutrients from food

Provide energy

Excrete indigestible remains

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What are the five stages of the digestive process

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Excretion

Digestion

Metabolism

Ingestion

Absorption

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What is excretion

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The removal of remaining indigestible material

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What is digestion

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breaking food into smaller chemical units

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What is metabolism

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Chemical units are converted into energy

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What is indigestion

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The taking of food into the body

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What is absorption

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Chemical unit pass into the blood

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What are heterotroph feeders

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Eat plants or animal tissues

Find energy themselves

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What is chemical digestion and where does it occur

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Large enzymes are broken down by enzymes and bile

Small intestine

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What is mechanical digestion and where does it occur

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Large pieces of food are in digested

Mouth via chewing

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What is vitamins used for

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Promoting specific chemical reactions in body

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What is minerals used for

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Muscle contraction

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What is fibres used for

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Absorption of nutrients

Faeces soft and bulky

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What is proteins used for

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Repairing body tissues

Maintenance of cells and tissues

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What are carbohydrates used for

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Provide energy in form of calories body needs to work and support other functions

17
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What is lipids used for

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Store, supply and source of energy

Supply and cushion organs

18
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What is water used for

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Body to make cells and fluids

Removes waste

19
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What are autotrophs

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Produce food through photosynthesis from carbon dioxide and water

20
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What is digestion

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Depends on animals diet

Adapted to help mammals get nutrients from food

21
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What is mono gastric

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Single- can’t digest plant based
Dogs

22
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What is Hindgut fermenters

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Caecum via microbial fermenters
Rabbits

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What is ruminants

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Adapted to digest and convert cellulose into energy
Cows

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