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Digestive System Flashcards

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Major Functions of the Digestive System

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Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Excretion

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Label the systems on the left 1 to 6

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  1. Teeth
  2. Liver
  3. Gall bladder
  4. Large intestine
  5. Appendix
  6. Rectum
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Label the systems on the right 1 to 6

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  1. Salivary glands
  2. oesophagus
  3. stomach
  4. pancreas
  5. small intestine
  6. anus
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Outline major steps of ingestion

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Digestive system organ functions

  1. The _____1______ transports food from the mouth to the _____2______ using ______3______.
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  1. oesophagus
  2. stomach
  3. peristalsis
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Digestive system organ functions

  1. The _____1______ transports food from the mouth to the _____2______ using ______3______.
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  1. oesophagus
  2. stomach
  3. peristalsis
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Teeth

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• Chews up food into smaller pieces
• Mechanical Digestion
• Four types: Incisors, Canines, Pre-molars and Molars

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Tongue

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• Helps us swallow food after we chew it

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Salivary Glands

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Produces saliva

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Saliva

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Contains enzymes called amylase that break down starch in food

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Oesophagus

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• Long tube that connects from the mouth to the stomach
• Carries food from the mouth to the stomach
• Uses wave-like muscle contraction called peristalsis to push food down into stomach

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Stomach

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Further breaks down food with acids, bile and enzymes

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Small intestine

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Squeezes out all the nutrients from the food

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Large Intestine

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• Absorbs all the water from the food
• Starts forming faeces

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Rectum

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Stores faeces before excretion

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Anus

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Eliminates faeces as waste

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Pancreas

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Produces digestive enzymes and insulin

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Liver

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Creates bile

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Gallbladder

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Stores bile

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Appendix

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Function unknown

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Ingestion

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Food goes through the mouth, down the oesophagus and into the stomach

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Digestion

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Stomach produces enzymes to digest protein in the food and acids to break it up further

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Absorbtion

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• Goes into the small intestine and all the nutrients get squeezed out
• into the large intestine and all the water is absorbed

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Elimination

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The forming and expelling of faeces from, the body

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alimentary canal

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The exact path that the food takes through the digestive system (eg. stomach and oesophagus)

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Accessory Organs

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The organs that assist the alimentary canal organs with digestion (eg. liver and pancreas)

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Peristalsis

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Wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract

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Mechanical Digestion

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Physical breakdown of food (eg. Chewing or absorption of water in large intestine)

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Chemical Digestion

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Breakdown of food with enzymes and acids

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Mechanical and Chemical Digestion in the Mouth, Stomach, and Small Intestine

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o Mouth: Mechanical - Chewing; Chemical - Saliva enzymes.
o Stomach: Mechanical - Churning; Chemical - Stomach acid.
o Small Intestine: Mechanical - Muscle contractions; Chemical - Enzymes.

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Role of villi in small intestine

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Increase surface area of nutrient absorption and transport it into the bloodstream

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Mouth/Nasal cavity

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Warms, moistens and filters air

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Pharynx

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Passageway for food and air

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Larynx

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Voice box, routes air and food
Uses muscle vibrations to create sound
Contains vocal cords

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Trachea

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Connects nose/mouth to the inside of our lungs, allowing us to breath (windpipe)

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Bronchi

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Branches of the trachea that reach into each lung

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Bronchioles

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Smaller branches of bronchi

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Alveoli

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Air sacs for gas exchange

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Diaphragm

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Muscle aiding in breathing

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Inter coastal muscles

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Muscles between ribs aiding in breathing

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Role of capillaries and alveoli in gas exchange

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o Capillaries surround alveoli, allowing oxygen to enter the blood and carbon dioxide to be expelled.

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Process of inhalation

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Diaphragm contracts, ribs expand, air is drawn into the lungs

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Process of exhalation

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Diaphragm relaxes, rib contracts, air is expelled out of the lungs

44
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Define excretion

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Removal of metabolic waste (eg. Urine)

45
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Contrast elimination and excretion

    **Elimination** is the process of removing     1     food and      1     from the body.

     It primarily involves the     2    system.

     The main organs involved are the      3    ,      3    , and      3     .
    
      4    are expelled from the body during elimination.
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  1. Undigested / waste
  2. Digestive
  3. Large intestine, rectum and anus
  4. Faeces
46
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Difference between elimination and excretion

Excretion is the process of removing 5 waste products from the body.

It involves multiple body 6 , including the 6 , and 6 systems.

The main organs involved are the 7 , 7 , 7 , and 7 .

Waste products such as 8 , 8 and 8 are expelled during excretion.

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  1. Metabolic
    1. Systems / urinary / respiratory
    2. Kidneys / lungs / skin / liver
    3. Urea / carbon dioxide / sweat
47
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Excretory organs and their products

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Lungs: Carbon dioxide
Liver: Bile pigments
Skin: Sweat
Kidneys: Urine

48
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Organs in the urinary system

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o Kidneys, Ureters, Renal Artery, Renal Vein, Bladder, Urethra.

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Function of Kidney in urinary system

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Filter blood and produce urine

50
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Function of ureters (urinary)

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Carry urine from kidneys to bladder

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Function of renal artery (urinary)

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Supplies blood to kidneys

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Renal vain

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Drains filtered blood from kidneys

53
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Bladder

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Stores urine

54
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Urethra

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Expels urine from the body

55
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Urethra

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Expels urine from the body

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