DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards
TUBE WITHIN A TUBE. DIRECT LINK/PATH BETWEEN ORGANS
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT ( GI)
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF DIGESTION
MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL
WHAT ARE THE PHASES OF DIGESTION
- INGESTION
- MOVEMENT
- MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL DIGESTION
- ABSORPTION
- ELIMINATION
TEETH BITE OFF AND CHEW FOOD INTO A SOFT PULP THAT IS EASY TO SWALLOW
MECHANICAL DIGESTION
SALIVA
CHEMICAL DIGESTION
APPROXIMATELY 20 CM LONG AND IT SECRETES MUCUS AND MOVES FOOD FROM THE THROAT TO THE STOMACH USING MUSCLE MOVEMENT CALLED PERISTALSIS
ESOPHAGUS
WHAT HAPPENS WHNE ACID FROM THE STOMACH GETS IN THE ESOPHAGUS?
HEARTBURN
THE _______ HAS THICK MUSCLES IN ITS WALL. IT IS A J-SHAPED MASCULAR BAG THAT STORES THE FOOD YOU EAT, AND BREAKS IT DOWN INTO TINY PIECES
STOMACH
_________ ARE ROUGHLY 7 METERS LONG AND ITS LINING HAS FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS CALLED VILLI TO INCREASE SURFACE AREA
SMALL INTESTINE
THE ________ ARE COVERED IN MICROVILLI WHICH FURTHER INCREASES SURFACE AREA FOR ABSORPTION
VILLI
IS ABOUT 1.5 METERS LONG AND ACCEPTS WHAT THE SMALL INTESTINE DOESNT ABSORB
LARGE INTESTINE
IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS DIGESTION BY PRODUCING BILE. IT STORES SOME NUTRIENTS, AND RELEASES THEM INTO THE BLOOD ACCORDING TO THE ACTIVITIES AND NEEDS OF THE BODY
LIVER
IT STORES BILE FROM THE LIVER, AND RELEASES IT INTO THE SMALL INTESTINE
GALL BLADDER
_______ FLOWS FROM THE GALL BLADDER
BILE
PRODUCES DIGESTIVE ENZYMES TO DIGEST FATS, CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTIENS
PANCREAS
