Science - Digestive System

Question 1

What are the functions of the digestive system

Answer 1

Movement, Secretion, Digestion, Absorption

Question 2

what does MOVEMENT do

Answer 2

mixes/passes nutrients…. it REMOVES WASTE

Question 3

what does SECRETION do

Answer 3

releases ENZYMES and HORMONES

Question 4

What does DIGESTION do

Answer 4

CHEMICAL breakdwon of nutrients

Question 5

what does ABSORPTION do

Answer 5

passage of nutrients through the PLASMA MEMBRANE into BLOOD/LYMPH

Question 6

what is the function of the stomach

Answer 6

Mix/store food // dissolve food by secretions // control passage of food into small intestine

Question 7

what is the pneumonic to remember the functions of the stomach

Answer 7

Dont Stop Controlling My Store: Dissolve, Secretions, Control, Mix, Store

Question 8

where does protein digestion occur?

Answer 8

STOMACH

Question 9

what does peristalsis do

Answer 9

contract and relaxing, allows movement

Question 10

where does absorption begin

Answer 10

small intestine

Question 11

what is the largest solid organ in the body

Answer 11

Liver

Question 12

what is the largest gland in the body

Answer 12

liver

Question 13

where is the liver located in the body

Answer 13

RLQ: Right Lower Quadrant

Question 14

how many lobes are their in the liver

Answer 14

4

Question 15

what are the lobes of the liver

Answer 15

Right, Left, Quadrate, Caudate

Question 16

Where does blood enter the liver

Answer 16

Hepatic Portal // Hepatic Artery

Question 17

Hepatic Portal Veins

Answer 17

nutrient rich blood brought to liver

Question 18

hepatic artery

Answer 18

OXYGEN RICH blodd brought to liver

Question 19

hepatic vein

Answer 19

blood leaving liver

Question 20

what are lobules

Answer 20

functional units of kidney

Question 21

what are the functions of the liver

Answer 21

bile production, produce blood plasma proteins, produce cholestoral, store glucose, regulate amino acids, process hemoglobin –> store iron, convert ammonia –> urea, purify blood, regulate clotting, control infections

Question 22

What is the pneumonic to remember the functions of the liver

Answer 22

I Got Pretty Playing Paladins As yoU Could Believe

Question 23

What is the function of the pancreas (digestive)

Answer 23

secrete enzymes to help digest FATS and PROTEINS

Question 24

how do enzymes in the pancrease start off as

Answer 24

start off as zymogens

Question 25

what do zymogens do

Answer 25

convert lipase and amylase

Question 26

when do lipase and amylase get converted

Answer 26

ONLY when they hit the Small intestine

Question 27

what is the function of sodium bicarbonate in the stomach

Answer 27

help with stomach acid

Question 28

where is sodium bicarbonate secreted

Answer 28

pancreas

Question 29

What controls EXOCRINE functions

Answer 29

stomach

Question 30

where are MOST nutrients absorbed

Answer 30

small intestine

Question 31

what locations of gastroinestinal system bring enzymes to small intestine

Answer 31

pancrease, liver, stomach

Question 32

what is chyme

Answer 32

semi-liquid mass of partially digested food

Question 33

what is the main ABSORPTION organ of the digestive tract

Answer 33

small intestine

Question 34

what does microvilli do

Answer 34

helps with absorption, movement of food

Question 35

what type of cells are microvilli

Answer 35

epithelial cells

Question 36

what is the function of the large intestine

Answer 36

concentrate, mix, store waste

Question 37

what happens when the rectal wall is distended

Answer 37

nervous system triggers impulse in body –> anus moves waste