Kelly_Jackson Test Digestive System Flashcards
- Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
Mouth
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- What structure enable the small intestine to absorb large nutrients?
villi
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- What process involes muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
Peristalsis
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- When chyme enters the small intestine what happens?
The opposite of enzymes being absorbed into the small intestinal wall from the chyme.
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- What is chyme?
It is what food is called after it’s been digested by the stomach.
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- What is bolus?
It is what food called after it’s been partially broken down in the mouth?
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- The process by which waste is eliminated?
Defecation
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- One of the roles of the ________ is to prepare waste matierial for elimination?
Large Intestine
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- The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is “Mechanical” Digestion?
False, Chemical
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- Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as “absorbsion”?
True
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- What is the Liver’s Function?
Secretes bile into gallbladder
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What is the duodenum’s function?
Beginning of small intestine?
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- Where does the all the chemical digestion take place?
Small Intestine
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- The juojenum couldn’t work without the_________?
Pancreas
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- What organ is where food is absorbed?
Large Intestine
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