Digestive System pp (part 3)

Question 1

Small Intestines

Answer 1

extends from the pylorus to the large intestine

• held in place by the mesentery

Question 2

3 segments of the small intestines

Answer 2

Duodenum

jejunum

ileum

Question 3

Large intestine runs from

Answer 3

from the ileum to the anus

Question 4

Cecum

Answer 4

pouch that takes food from the ileum

Question 5

Parts of the large intestine

Answer 5

cecum

colon

rectum

anus

Question 6

Accessory organs of the digestive tract

Answer 6

liver

gallbladder

pancreas

salivary glands

Question 7

Digestion

Answer 7

the process of breaking down foods into nutrients that the body can use

Question 8

Metabolism

Answer 8

processes involved in the body’s use of nutrients

Question 9

Anabolism

Answer 9

building up of body cells

Question 10

Catabolism

Answer 10

breakdown of body cells

Question 11

Absorption

Answer 11

the process of taking digested nutrients into the circulatory system

• aka assimilation

Question 12

Villi

Answer 12

tiny hairlike projections that help increase the surface area of the small intestine allowing more nutrients to be absorbed

Question 13

Crypts

Answer 13

the valleys that result from the projections of the small intestine

Question 14

Prehension

Answer 14

the grasping of food and collection in the oral cavity

Question 15

Mastication

Answer 15

breaking down of food into smaller pieces

-chewing

Question 16

Peristalsis

Answer 16

a series of wavelike contractions that move ingesta caudally toward the anus

Question 17

Segmentation

Answer 17

the side-to-side mixing of ingesta