Digestive System- Chapter 47 Flashcards
substances that an animal cannot manufacture itself but are necessary for health, must be obtained in diet, include vitamins, amino acid, and minerals
essential nutrients
vertebrates have ______________ and must gain a range of essential nutrients from food
nutritional deficiencies
single-celled organisms digest their food _____________, each cell digests for itself, no digestion in a body cavity
intracellularly
multicellular animals digest their food ____________, occurs within a digestive cavity
extracellularly
specialization occurs when a digestive tract has a separate _____ and _________
mouth and anus
What organism has the most diverse butt-hole?
Holothuroidea
ingested food is fragmented __________, stored, and digested ___________
physically
chemically
occurs through the epithelial lining into the blood
absorption
point of entry of the GI tract
mouth and pharynx
delivers food to the stomach
esophagus
preliminary digestion
stomach
where most absorption occurs
small intestine
where the waste is concentrated and compacted
large intestine
area of waste storage and elimination
cloaca or rectum
accessory organ that produces saliva
salivary glands
accessory organ that produces bile
liver
accessory organ that stores and concentrates bile
gallbladder
accessory organ that produces pancreatic juice and bicarbonate buffer
pancreas
epithelium that lines the interior of the GI tract (lumen)
mucosa
connective tissue layer of GI tract
submucosa