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1
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In Mouth starch converts to

A

sugar

saliva break down starch into less complex sugars like maltose and dextrin.

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2
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Salivary Amylase Hormone or Enzyme ?

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Enzyme

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3
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complex food substances break into simpler ones with help of

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Enzyme

Salivary Amylase Enzyme breaks complex carbohydrates into simple carbohydrates

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4
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Body stores food in

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Glycogen

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5
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Ball like mixture of foof with saliva

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Bolus

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6
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Oesophagus

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Food pipe

Food directly goes to stomach

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7
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Gastric juice chemical

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HCl

makes acidic medium

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8
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Pepsin

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Protein into Amino acids

works in acidic medium

(pepsi-Acid)

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9
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partly digested food.

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chyme

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10
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protects inner lining of stomach from gastric juice

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Mucus membrane

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11
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largest gland

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Liver

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12
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regeneration cells

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kupffer cells

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13
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star shaped phagocytic cells

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kupffer cells

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14
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kupffer cells present in

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Liver

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15
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not a part of alimentary canal

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liver, pancreas

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16
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Hepatology

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study of liver

studies all the organs in your digestive system, including your liver.

17
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major parenchymal cells in liver

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Hepatocytes

18
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converts glucose into glycogen (a complex carbohydrate used for storage)
and amino acids to proteins

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Liver

19
Q

Pepsin present in

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stomach

acid

20
Q

which enzymes convert protein to amino acids

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Pepsin - Acid
Trypsin - Alkaline

21
Q

Trypsin is secreted by

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pancreas

(Try-pan)

Trypsin is an enzyme

22
Q

both Exo and Endocrine gland

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Pancreas

Trypsin - Exocrine
Insulin - Endocrine

23
Q

Alimentary canal

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mouth [pharynx (throat), esophagus] stomach,
small intestine,
large intestine,
rectum, and
anus

24
Q

allows food to pass from stomach to small intestine

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Sphincter muscle

25
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small intestine length

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7-8 m long

26
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3 parts in small intestine

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Duodenum (outside)

Jejunum, and ileum (inside)

27
Q

Bile juice

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secreted by liver

stored in Gall bladder

basic/Alkaline medium

28
Q

Glycogen <======> Glucose

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sugar level ↥ hyper glycemia
Glucagon ➜
Glycogen <=============> Glucose
⇽ Insulin
sugar level ↧ hypo glycemia

29
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Pancreatic juice -

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amylase
lipase
trypsin

30
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amylase
lipase
trypsin

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amylase - breaks carbs
lipase - fats into fatty acid
trypsin - protenis to amino acids

31
Q

e finger like projections

help in increase of surface area for food absorption

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Villi

32
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Maltase

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Matlose —> Glucose

in small intestine

33
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Large intestine length

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1.5 m long

34
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Rectum in

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Large intestine

35
Q

mouth and anus same

A

Platyhelminthes

36
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vestigial organs

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appendix

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