Structure and function of Digestive system Flashcards

1
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What is A?

A

Anus

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2
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What is mechanical digestion?

A

To breakdown food through chewing, swallowing and muscular movements.
It physicallybreaks down foods into smaller pieces, increasing their surface area, without changing the chemical structure/composition

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3
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What type of digestion is chewing?

A

Mechanical

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4
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What is chemical digestion?

A

To breakdown food in the mouth, stomach, and intestines through the use of acids and enzymes.
The chemical structure of the molecule is changed

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5
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What type of digestion involves ezymes?

A

Chemical

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6
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What is the function of the mouth?

A

To mechanically (teeth) and chemically (saliva) to breakdown food

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7
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What is the function of the oesophagus?

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To transports food bolus from the pharynx to the stomach

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8
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What is the function of the stomach?

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To mechanically (churning of food through muscle contractions) and chemically breakdown (through activating enzymes eh. HCL)

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9
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What is the function of the small intestine?

A

To absorb nutrients into bloodstream

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10
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What is the function of the large intestine?

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To absorb water and ions
To form and propel faeces

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11
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What is the function of the rectum?

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To store faeces

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12
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What is the function of the anus?

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To transport/provide pathway faeces out of the body

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13
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What are the functions of the salivary glands?

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To lubricate food to make it easier to move through digestive system
To chemically digest foods  enzymes
To destroy ingested pathogens (Non-specific immune defence)

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14
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What are the functions of the pancreas?

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To regulate of blood sugar levels (hormones)
To produce and release enzymes for digestion

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15
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What are the functions of the liver?

A

To secrete bile
To metabolise fats, carbohydrates and proteins

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16
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What is the function of the gall bladder?

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To store, concentrate and release bile

17
Q

What is B?

A

Duodenum

18
Q

What stores, concentrates and releases bile

A

Gall Bladder

19
Q

What secretes bile, metabolise fats, carbohydrates and proteins

A

Liver

20
Q

What regulates of blood sugar levels (hormones)
What produces and releases enzymes for digestion

A

Pancreas

21
Q

What lubricates food to make it easier to move through digestive system, chemically digest foods and produces enzymes
to destroy ingested pathogens (Non-specific immune defence)

A

Salivary glands

22
Q

What transports/provides a pathway for faeces to go out of the body

A

Anus

23
Q

What stores faeces

A

Rectum

24
Q

What absorbs water and ions and forms and propel faeces

A

Large intestine

25
Q

What absorbs nutrients into bloodstream

A

Small intestine

26
Q

What is the first part of the small intestine

A

Duodenum

27
Q

What is the middle part of the small intestine

A

Jejunum

28
Q

What is the terminal part of the small intestine

A

Ileum

29
Q

What mechanically and chemically performs digestion (churning of food through muscle contractions and through activating enzymes eh. HCL)

A

Stomach

30
Q

What transports food bolus from the pharynx to the stomach

A

Oesophagus

31
Q

What is C?

A

Jejunum

32
Q

What is D?

A

Ileum

33
Q

What is E?

A

Large intestine

34
Q

What is F?

A

Rectum

35
Q

What is G?

A

Gall Bladder

36
Q

What is F?

A

Liver

37
Q

What is C?

A

Stomach

38
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What is D?

A

Pancreas