Digestive System Flashcards

1
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What is the digestive system ?

A

The body’s food processing system

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2
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Food passes through the organs in order

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Mouth
Esophagus 
Stomach
Small intestine 
Large intestine 
Rectum
Anus
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3
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Where do u find the vili?

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In the small intestine

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4
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The nutrients in food is absorbed inor the blood stream from?

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Small intestine

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5
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What happened to the unusable materials?

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It goes into the large intestine to await disposal

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6
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The lining of the stomach is protected by?

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Mucus

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7
Q

T/F?

herbivores have large canines

A

False

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8
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What is the chemical that speeds up chemical digestion?

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Enzymes

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9
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What’s important activity takes place in the lungs

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Oxygen is exchanged for carbondioxide

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10
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What’s the purpose or little hairs in the nose

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To keep dust out of the lungs

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11
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What is the diaphragm

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A sheet of muscle beneath the lungs that is essential for breathing

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12
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Fat

A

Lipase

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13
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Carbohydrates

A

Amylase

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14
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Protein

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Protease

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15
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What organ pumps blood throughout the body

A

The heart

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16
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What’s the function of the blood vessels and capillaries

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They carry blood to all parts of the body

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17
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Blood circulation

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Right atrium
Right ventricle 
Lungs 
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Body
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18
Q

What’s responsible for healing cuts

A

Platelets

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19
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What part has the strong muscular wall

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Right ventricle

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20
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What contains oxygenated blood in an adult human

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Pulmonary vein

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21
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What does the left side of of the heart receive

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It receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

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22
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What are the valves that prevent blood from flowing backward

A

All blood vessels

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23
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What does oxygenated blood leaves the human heart via what?

A

The aorta

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24
Q

What happens when an enzymes becomes denatured?

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It no longer functions

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Saliva
To break down the foods
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Epiglottis
A flap of skin that stops food from going down your lungs
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Gall bladder
Stores biles
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Stomach
Digests most food
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Liver
Makes bile to break down fats
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Pancreas
Produces enzymes and hormones
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Large intestine
Extracts water from food that cannot be chemically digested
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What's a persistalsis
Muscles of the esophagus contract in waves and push the food (bolus) into the stomach
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2 things that blood does
Takes waste products away from body cells Delivers nutrients to the body cells +nutrients
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What are 2 types of blood cells
White | Red
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What colour is the liquid part of blood
Clear
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What is the liquid part of blood called
Plasma
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What do platelets do
Help seal a wound with blood clots
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The colour of oxygenated blood
Red
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The colour of deoxygenated blood
Red
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What does the heart do
Pumps oxygenated blood around the body and receives deoxygenated blood from the body, pumps the deoxygenated blood from lungs
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How many chambers are there in the human heart
4
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What are the names of the heart Chambers
Left ventricle right ventricle right atrium left atrium
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What does valves do in the heart
Stop blood flowing backwards
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What side of the heart is larger | explain
Left because it pumps blood around the body
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Which side of the heart pumps blood to lungs
Right
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What size is the human heart
1 fist
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Where does the pulmonary system carry blood to and from
Lungs
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What is the function of the systemic system
It carries oxygen and blood away from the heart to the body
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What is the name of the vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Aorta
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Name two differences between the arteries and veins
1 A- carries oxygenated blood to the body | 2 V-carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
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Where do you find capillaries
Where veins and arteries are
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What do you capillaries do
Allows the nutrients in the oxygen from the blood to enter cells
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Explain why the blood goes to the heart twice on this journey around the body
Body to lungs | Lungs to body
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Which two systems work together to provide oxygen to your cells and get rid of carbon dioxide
Respiratory system and circulatory system
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Which to systems work together to process and transport essential nutrients to your cells
Digestive system and circulatory system
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Which two systems work together to provide your cells with the ingredients needed to produce energy
Digestive system, respiratory system and circulatory system
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Explain where in the body you would find the valves shown in the diagram. What is their function?
Arteries & veins to stop blood flowing backwards
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Cellular respiration
Glucose oxygen carbon dioxide water energy
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A waste product
Carbon dioxide
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Processed by the digestive system
Use for movement, growth and repair