Digestive system Organs

Question 1

Where is the mouth and what is its function?

Question 2

Where is the tongue and what is it’s function?

Answer 2

In the mouth

Question 3

Where are teeth and what are their function?

Answer 3

The teeth are located in the mouth
- they physical digest food
- turn food into bolus

Question 4

What is the epiglottus?

Answer 4

The flap of tissue that stops food from going down the trachea

Question 5

What is the esophagus?

Answer 5

The pipe after your throat that passes food down to the stomach

Question 6

What is the pharynx?

Answer 6

Passageway for food and air
(Throat)

Trachea + epiglottus

(first part of throat that connect main things togteher)

Question 7

What is the larynx?

Answer 7

first part of the trachea
(allows air to pass down)

The voicebox

Question 8

Where is the stomach and what does it do?

Answer 8

• Located after esophagus
• chemical digestion

Question 9

What is the pyloric sphincter?

Answer 9

Musuclar contractions at end of the stomach

tense= blocks acid chyme

relax= acid chyme goes into duodenum

Question 10

What is the small intestine?

Answer 10

long tube that absorbs nutrients from chyme

absorbs: 4 biomolecule groups

carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids, proteins

Question 11

What are the 3 parts of the small intestine?

Answer 11

1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum
3. ileum

Question 12

What is the function of the duodenum?

Answer 12

receive food from stomach to absorb nutrients with help from liver, gall bladder and pancreas

Question 13

what is the function of the jejunum?

Answer 13

main place to absorb nutrients like carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and minerals

Question 14

What is the function of the ileum?

Answer 14

to finalize absorption and empty waste into large intestine

absorbs any leftover nutrients

Question 15

does the small intestnie have peristalsis?

Answer 15

Yes it helps move chyme down the tube

also plays role in mehcnaicl digestion

Question 16

what are villi?

Answer 16

finger like projections thta increase surface area

small intestine

Question 17

what are capillary beds?

Answer 17

they absorb amino acids, glucose and nucleotides

Question 18

what is the ilieo-caeval valve?

Answer 18

sphincter thta contolrs chyme going into large intestine

Question 19

What is the pancreas and its role?

Answer 19

scretes hormones to manoitain blood sugar and aids in digestion

Question 20

pancreas endocrine

Answer 20

blood sugar levels

Question 21

what is insulin?

Answer 21

sproduced by pancrea and lowers blood sugar levels

sotrage by conversion of glycogne by the lliver

Question 22

what is glucagon?

Answer 22

hormone produced by pancreas to raise blood sugar

Question 23

pancreas exocrine?

Answer 23

helps in digestion

Question 24

what examples pancreatic juice?

Answer 24

1. water
2. sodiumbicarbonate
3. lipase
4. trypsin
5. nucleases
6. pancreatic amylase

Question 25

funcitons of the lvier?

Answer 25

1. produce bile 2. regulate blood sugar(stores glucose) 3. removes waste

Question 26

what is bile?

Answer 26

aids in digestion of fats (lipase) | lfuid form liver

Question 27

where does bile go?

Answer 27

into the duodenum

Question 28

salivary amylase?

Answer 28

in mouht by slaivary glands | breaks down startch (maltose)

Question 29

where is gastrin hormon?

Answer 29

stomach it helps wiht stomach acid to help breka down food

Question 30

where and what is pesin?

Answer 30

int he stomach and it helps break down proteins

Question 31

where and what is hco3

Answer 31

bicarbonate ions in pancreas doudenum | neutralizes acid chyme

Question 32

where and what is lipase

Answer 32

pancreas/duodenum brekas down fatty acids

Question 33

where and whta is trypsin

Answer 33

pancreas/duodenum breaks down proteins

Question 34

where an what is nuclease

Answer 34

pancreas/duodenum brekas down nucleic acids

Question 35

duodenum enzymes

Answer 35

1. petidases 2. nucleases 3. nulceosidases 4. disacharides

Question 36

what is the lacteal?

Answer 36

it absorbs fatty acids

Question 37

what is the caecum?

Answer 37

first part of large intestnie

Question 38

where are the apoendix?

Answer 38

hnags down form caecum

Question 39

what are the roles of the big intestine?

Answer 39

1. absorb water back inot syste from the end material 2. place to sotre gut bacteria 3. obtian leftover nutrents 4. convert waste bti feces

Question 40

what is the rectum?

Answer 40

final part of large intetine sotre feces until defction

Question 41

what is the anal sphyncer?

Answer 41

the spchincte thta controlls the pass of feces outside of the body