Digestive system Flashcards
1
Q
When the digestive system breaks down food/s where do the nutrients go?
A
Circulatory system
2
Q
What is ingestion?
A
taking in foods
3
Q
What is digestion?
A
breaking down food into nutrients
4
Q
what is absorption?
A
taking in nutrients by cells
5
Q
what is egestion?
A
removing any leftover wasters
6
Q
What are the micro nutrients?
A
vitamins, minerals and water
7
Q
what are the macro nutrients?
A
proteins, lipids (fats and oils), carbohydrates
8
Q
what is the cardiac sphincter?
A
a tight muscle that keeps stomach acid out of the oesphagus
