Kelly_Jackson Test Digestive System Flashcards

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  1. Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
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Mouth

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  1. What structure enable the small intestine to absorb large nutrients?
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villi

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  1. What process involes muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
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Peristalsis

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  1. When chyme enters the small intestine what happens?
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The opposite of enzymes being absorbed into the small intestinal wall from the chyme.
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  1. What is chyme?
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It is what food is called after it’s been digested by the stomach.
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  1. What is bolus?
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It is what food called after it’s been partially broken down in the mouth?
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  1. The process by which waste is eliminated?
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Defecation

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  1. One of the roles of the ________ is to prepare waste matierial for elimination?
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Large Intestine

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  1. The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is “Mechanical” Digestion?
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False, Chemical

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  1. Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as “absorbsion”?
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True

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  1. What is the Liver’s Function?
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Secretes bile into gallbladder

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What is the duodenum’s function?

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Beginning of small intestine?

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  1. Where does the all the chemical digestion take place?
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Small Intestine

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  1. The juojenum couldn’t work without the_________?
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Pancreas

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  1. What organ is where food is absorbed?
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Large Intestine

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  1. Food does not travel in the?
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Liver and Pancreas

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  1. What does bile do?
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Breaks down fats

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