teas digestive system

Question 1

chemical digestion

Answer 1

enzymes break down food into smaller molecules

Question 2

major organs of digestive system

Answer 2

oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Question 3

salivary glands

Answer 3

glands in the mouth that produce saliva to begin the chemical digestion of food

Question 4

how does saliva breakdown food and make it a chemical digestion?

Answer 4

saliva provides an enzyme amylase and lipase to breakdown starch and lipids

Question 5

enzyme amylase

Answer 5

digest carbohydrates and made in pancreas

Question 6

lipids

Answer 6

fats

Question 7

lipase

Answer 7

pancreatic enzyme necessary to digest fats

Question 8

starches

Answer 8

complex carbohydrates

Question 9

bolus

Answer 9

A term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed with saliva

Question 10

pharynx

Answer 10

throat; passageway for food to the esophagus

Question 11

epiglottis

Answer 11

a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing

Question 12

esophagus

Answer 12

A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

Question 13

peristalsis

Answer 13

the involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wavelike movements that push the contents of the canal forward.

Question 14

esophagial sphincter

Answer 14

prevent reflux of food back to esophagus

Question 15

stomach

Answer 15

large (j-shaped) muscular sac that continues the mechanical (churning) and chemical digestion of food (via enzymes/acid)

Question 16

pepsin

Answer 16

Enzyme that breaks down proteins in the stomach

Question 17

chyme

Answer 17

Semifluid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach to the small intestine

Question 18

small intestine

Answer 18

Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place

Question 19

what are the parts of the small intestine

Answer 19

duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Question 20

duodenum

Answer 20

first part of the small intestine
- chyme is neutralized by bicarbonate from pancreatic secretions

Question 21

gallbladder

Answer 21

stores and concentrates bile

Question 22

liver

Answer 22

produces bile

Question 23

cecum

Answer 23

a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines

Question 24

large intestine

Answer 24

The last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body

Question 25

vitamin k

Answer 25

Helps blood clot, absorbed in the large intestine

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rectum

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A short tube at the end of the large intestine where waste material is compressed into a solid form before being eliminated

Question 27

anus

Answer 27

A muscular opening at the end of the rectum through which waste material is eliminated from the body

Question 28

appendix

Answer 28

A small, fingerlike extension of the vertebrate cecum; contains a mass of white blood cells that contribute to immunity.

Question 29

List the accessory organs of the digestive system

Answer 29

teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas

Question 30

Intestinal wall layers

Answer 30

Mucosa (innermost layer)
submucosa
muscularis
serosa (outermost layer)