Reviewer Flashcards
it is the process of taking food, drink, or any other substances into the body by swallowing it
Ingestion
Breaking down of food into particles to simpler substances
Digestion
It is a type of digestion that involves mechanical break-up
Physical Digestion
It is a type of digestion that uses digestive enzymes to break down large molecules to small solubles
Chemical Digestion
It is where the initial breakdown of proteins into polypeptides by pepsin occurs
Stomach
It digests the emulsified fats
Lipase
It is digested into polypeptides by trypsin
Proteins
It is digested into amino acids by peptidase
Polypeptides
It is an enzyme used to digest it further to amino acids
Peptidase
It is digested by different enzymes like amylase and maltase
Carbohydrates
It stops the action of the salivary amylase
Gastric Juice
It is where nutrients from food are absorbed in the small intestine
Absorption
It is where some of the absorbed food substances are converted into new protoplasm used for energy
Assimilation
It is the process of eliminating undigested fibers, dead cells, and waste materials from food
Egestion
Numerous tiny finger-like projections found in the small intestines
Villi
