Digestive System

Question 1

Where does digestion start

Answer 1

The mouth

Question 2

Mechanical digestion

Answer 2

Physical like chewing

Question 3

Gland

Answer 3

An organ that secretes a substance

Question 4

Chemical enzymatic digestion

Answer 4

Using enzymes for absorption of food

Question 5

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 5

Controls Smooth muscle involved in digestion

Question 6

Large intestine

Answer 6

Cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal where vitamins and water are absorbed and poop is stored prior to pooping

Question 7

Rectum

Answer 7

Butthole

Question 8

Enzymes

Answer 8

Catalyst that speed up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy. Most enzymes are proteins

Question 9

Saliva

Answer 9

Lubricates the food and provides amalayse and lipase for fats for startch and lipids

Question 10

Bolus

Answer 10

A mass of food that has been chewed and swallow

Question 11

Deglution

Answer 11

Swallowing

Question 12

Epiglottis

Answer 12

Closes opening of trachea as we swallow

Question 13

Peristalsis

Answer 13

Is the contraction of muscle that moves bolus

Question 14

Chyme

Answer 14

semi fluid mass of partly digested food that moves from stomach to small intestine

Question 15

Three main secretions of stomach

Answer 15

Mucus, hydrochloric acid, and pepsinogen

Question 16

Pepsin

Answer 16

Stomach enzyme that breaks down proteins

Question 17

Small intestine

Answer 17

Includes duodenum, jenunum, and ileum. Where most of digestion and food occurs

Question 18

Liver

Answer 18

Produces bile regulates glycogen storage, and performs other bodily functions.

Question 19

Amino acids

Answer 19

Monomers that make up proteins