Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
Ingestion
A
Consumption of a substance by an organism
2
Q
Physical act of breaking down food
A
Mechanical digestion
3
Q
Chemical digestion
A
Chemical breakdown of food into simpler compounds.
Example, saliva or in small intestine
4
Q
Where by muscular contractions food particles move through the digestive tract.
A
Movements
5
Q
Absorption
A
The simple molecules from chemical digestion pass through the cell membrane in the small intestine into blood or lymph capillaries.
6
Q
Indigestible food is eliminated as faeces
A
Elimination
