Ingestion Flashcards

1
Q

Ingestion

A

The food is taken in and enters the alimentary canal

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2
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Digestion

A

Food is exposed to mechanical and chemical process that change solid food to soluble substances.

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3
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Absorption

A

Double substances are absorbed into the bloodstream.

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4
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Assimilation

A

The cells absorbs the nutrients from the blood, uses to build new cell structures.

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5
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Egestion

A

The process which undirected remains are removed from the body in the form of faeces

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6
Q

Uvula

A

The soft pallet that dangles

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7
Q

Bolus

A

Food mixed with saliva

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8
Q

Parotid salivary glands

A

Below the ears

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9
Q

Submandibular

A

Located in the lower jaw

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10
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Sublingual salivary glands

A

Located in the tongue

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11
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Normal pancreatic cells

A

That secrete the digestive juice, pancreatic juice

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12
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The islets of lamgerhans

A

Secrets incline and glucagon

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13
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Deamination

A

Excess amino acids are broken down to produce urea and glucose

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14
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Peristalsis

A

The rhythmic contraction and relxation of the muscles in the wall of the alimentary canal

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15
Q

Duodenum

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This is the shortest part of the small instestine

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16
Q

Jejunum

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Is the middle part of the small intestine

17
Q

Ileum

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This is the last and longest part of the small intestine