Digestive System Flashcards
What does each cell in our body need
Nutrients
Digestion
The breakdown of food
Starch function
Slower supply of energy
Glucose function
Fast supply of energy
Fats function
Supplies energy /Insulates the body
Vitamins functions
Vitamin C prevents scurvy
Vitamin D prevents rickets
Water function
Helps maintain body temp
Allows cells to function
Glucose source
Fruits honey sweets
Starch source
Potatoes rice pasta
Fats source
Butter cream oils
Proteins source
Lean meat, fish ,egg whites and beans
Vitamin C source
Citrus fruits vegetable potatoes
Vitamin D
Milk butter cheese sunshine
Water source
Drinks vegetables
Protein function
Growth/repair of muscle
What is the smallest carbohydrate
Glucose
What is a balanced diet
Ensuring you obtain the corrrct amount of each food group
Hat are the two methods of digestion
Physical and chemical
What are enzymes
Biological catalysts
What’s in saliva
An enzyme called amylase
What is the oesophagus
A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
Stomach psychical digestion
Churning
Stomach chemical digestion
Dissolves food
What happens to food in our body
It’s too big so it needs to be broken down
What will Amylase only act on
Starch
Small instestion function
Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream
Liver function
Makes bile and breakdowns red blood cells
Facts on bile
Made in the liver
Stored in the gall bladder
What does food provide
Energy growth and repair for the body
Pancreas function
Produces the enzyme amylase
Large ingestion function
Reabsorbs water into the blood
