Final Exam simplified

Question 1

4 stages to process food

Answer 1

Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination.

Question 2

Waste product of the digestive system?

Answer 2

Undigested parts of food, fluid, and older cells from the lining of your GI tract. In other words, urine and feces.

Question 3

What is peristalsis?

Answer 3

The involuntary contraction and relaxation of longitudinal and circular muscles throughout the digestive tract.

Question 4

What is Chyme?

Answer 4

The semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum.

Question 5

What is mucosa?

Answer 5

The soft tissue that lines the body’s canals and organs in the digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems.

Question 6

Alternative name for the digestive tract?

Answer 6

Alimentary tract

Question 7

2 types of digestion?

Answer 7

Mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.

Question 8

3 purposes of the stomach?

Answer 8

Temporarily store food. Contract and relax to mix and break down food. Produce enzymes and other specialized cells to digest food

Question 9

What happens in the large intestines?

Answer 9

Absorbing water and electrolytes, producing and absorbing vitamins, and forming and propelling feces toward the rectum for elimination.

Question 10

What is an omnivore?

Answer 10

An animal that eat plant and animals