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Science - Digestion Flashcards

1
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What is the Function of Teeth

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cut food smaller

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What is the Function of Tongue

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pushes food down gullet

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What is the Function of Salivary Glands

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make saliva – makes food slippery, digest food

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What is the Function of Small Intestine

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most nutrients absorbed here

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What is the Function of Liver

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helps to digest fat and makes bile

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What is the Function of Large Intestine

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undigested food is taken there, water

removed

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What is the Function of Rectum

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stores unwanted, undigested food

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What is the Function of Anus

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pushes faeces out

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What is the Function of Stomach

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mixes food with digestive juices and acid

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What is the Function of Gullet

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tube to take food to stomach – contracts to move food

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What does digestion do to big molecules

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Digestion breaks big molecules smaller to become soluble

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12
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When does digestion happen

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Digestion happens as food pass through the digestive system

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13
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What is ingestion

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Eating Food

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14
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What is egestion

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Passing waste

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Where are smaller molecules carried around

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The smaller molecules are carried around the body in the blood

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16
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What happens to the nutrients in the blood

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The nutrients are absorbed into the blood and then taken to the cells

17
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What is the function of the bacteria in your guts

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Bacteria in your gut feed on your food and digest some food your body cannot digest.

18
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What are enzymes

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Enzymes are substances that speed up the breaking up of larger molecules. They do not
change during their actions. They are also called catalysts

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Where are most of the enzymes found in your body

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Most of the enzymes are produced by your body and are found in your digestive juices

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