Organisation in Animal Flashcards
Pancreas
Makes enzymes (amylase, lipase, protease)
Mouth
Where food is chewed
Liver
Makes bile
Salivary glands
Make saliva containing enzyme amylase
Oesophagus
Carries food to stomach
Stomach
Churns food, releases protease to digest proteins, releases hydrochloric acid to kill pathogens
Gall bladder
Stores bile to neutralise hydrochloric acid from stomach, emulsifies fat to form small droplets w large surface area
Small intestine
Where digested food absorbed into blood
Rectum
Stores feces
Anus
Expels feces
Lungs step 1
When breathing in air moves through mouth and nose
Lungs step 2
Down the trachea
Lungs step 3
Into the bronchi
Lungs step 4
Through the bronchioles
Lungs step 5
Into the alveoli
Lungs step 6
Oxygen then diffuses into blood in the network of capillaries over surface of the alveoli
Large intestine
Where water and minerals absorbed in blood
