digestive system: ingestion, stomach, and liver

Question 1

what is the structure of the digestive system

Answer 1

mouth,pharynx , esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large, and rectum

Question 2

mouth

Answer 2

physical break down

Question 3

saliva

Answer 3

lubricates the food and enzymes with amylase and lipase

Question 4

ameles and lipase intiate

Answer 4

the chemical digestion of starches and lipids and simple sugars

Question 5

bolis of travels down to

Answer 5

the pharynx (throat) and esophgus

Question 6

perestalsis

Answer 6

is the contraction of muscels occurs within the esophagus to help move the food down into stomach

Question 7

stomach

Answer 7

shaped like a j-shaped sack

Question 8

where is food stored

Answer 8

stomach

Question 9

what happends in the stomach

Answer 9

it intiatates additional chemical digestion with enzymes

Question 10

gastric acid

Answer 10

kills bacteria, denatures any kind of protiens, and activates those digestive enzymes

Question 11

the small intestine

Answer 11

this the main site of digestion as well as absorption

Question 12

the small intestine is composed of

Answer 12

the duodenum,jejunum, and the lleum

Question 13

has a series of foldings that increase the surface area for absorption

Answer 13

the small intestine

Question 14

what is the large intestine composed of

Answer 14

cecum, colon, and rectum

Question 15

what those the large intestine absorb

Answer 15

water, electrolytes and vitamins

Question 16

what are the the water, electolytes, and vitamins produced by

Answer 16

the anic bacteria

Question 17

rectum

Answer 17

stores feces

Question 18

accessory organs include

Answer 18

teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, and pancreas

Question 19

what do accesory organs help with

Answer 19

digestion of food with smaller pieces in the body and also help absorb nuitrents along the way

Question 20

gatrin

Answer 20

is the hormone produced by the stomach and stimulates the production of stomach acid

Question 21

cholecystokinin (CCK)

Answer 21

is a hormone produced in the small intestine it cause the gallbladder to contract and release bile

Question 22

secretin

Answer 22

produced in the the small intesrtine and stimulatest the production of bicabonate by the prancrease

Question 23

what produces insulin

Answer 23

pancrease

Question 24

what those insulin

Answer 24

regulatess sugar levels

Question 25

where is glucagon produced

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in the prancrease

Question 26

what those glucagon do

Answer 26

helps to release glucose from the liver

Question 27

where is BILE produced

Answer 27

the liver

Question 28

where is BILE stored

Answer 28

the gallbladder

Question 29

what those BILE do

Answer 29

helps break down fat in the small intestine

Question 30

fundus

Answer 30

is the most superior region of the stomach