Test- Digestive Flashcards
- What is bolus?
Food called when it is partially broken down in the mouth.
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- What is true when cyme enters the small intestine?
It is absorbed into the small intestine’s walls
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- Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
The mouth
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- What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best?
Hydrochloric acids
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- What organ stores bile?
The gall bladder
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- What is chyme?
Food after it has been broken down by the stomach
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- What are the tiny structures in which nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream?
Villi
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- What makes up proteins?
Amino acids
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- What stores bike in releases it into the small intestine?
Gall bladder
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- Bacteria in the ______ makes vitamin K?
Large intestine
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- What lines the duodenum and what are they used for?
Villi- provide a larger surface area for absorption
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- What is the function of the duodenum and pancreas together?
The pancreas produces enzymes that aid with chemical digestion, and the duodenum would not be able to absorb nutrients without them.
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- What does the gall bladder do?
Stores bile and secretes it into the small intestine for chemical digestion
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