Test- Digestive System Flashcards
What is true about the stomach
HCI in the stomach kills many bacteria that are swallowed with food and helps pepsin to work. Mechanical digestion occurs in the stomach. The stomach is a J-shaped pouch in the abdomen. Digestive juice in the stomach contains an enzyme that breaks down proteins. (65)
Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?
So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food. (65)
What organ stores bite?
Gall bladder (64)
Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?
Proteins (63)
Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
Mouth (64)
Which process takes place in the large intestine?
Water is removed from undigested food. Enzymes are added to complete chemical digestion. Leftover nutrients are further absorbed through the villi. Vitamin K is produced. (64)
Where does most chemical digestion take place?
Duodenum (64)
What carbohydrate helps your digestive system function even though your body can’t digest it?
Fiber (65)
Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through tiny structures called?
Villi (64)
The _________ stores bite and releases it through a tube into the small intestine.
Gall bladder (64)
About half of the different _______ that makes up proteins are made inside the body.
Amino acids (65)
Water from the digestive system is absorbed in the large intestine
True (65)
Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine.
False. Small intestine (64)
The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is mechanical digestion
False chemical (65)
What is the function of the liver.
Produces bile to break down fat into smaller particles (64)
