the digestive system

Question 1

what is the order of the organs?

Answer 1

salivary glands
oesephagus
liver
stomach
pancreas
small intestine
large intestne
rectum
anus

Question 2

amylase

Answer 2

turn starch to glucose, made in the pancrease used in the mouth.

Question 3

where are most enzymes made

Answer 3

pancreas

Question 4

protease

Answer 4

works in the stomach increases th breakdown of proteins to amino acids.

Question 5

lipase

Answer 5

works in the small intestine turns lipids to fatty acids

Question 6

which acid is found in the stomach?

Answer 6

hydrochloric acid.

Question 7

mouth and salivary glands

Answer 7

breaking down food, mechanical digestion with teeth and chemical with enzyme: amylase

Question 8

oesphagus

Answer 8

peristalsis hapens here, a large muscular tube whichh moves ingesed food to the stomach

Question 9

liver

Answer 9

produces bile, (alkaline)

Question 10

gall bladder

Answer 10

stores bile

Question 11

stomach

Answer 11

muscular organ where digestion continuess, mechancal: stomach walls contract, chemical: hydrochloric acid.

Question 12

small intestine

Answer 12

bile released here, absorption of good molecules eg.glucose, into the the blood.

Question 13

large intestine

Answer 13

water absorption peristalsis, faeces is ormed from the rremaining food. this is egested from the body.

Question 14

pancreas

Answer 14

enzymes + insulin made here.

Question 15

what is absorption?

Answer 15

Digested food molecules are absorbed in the small intestine. This means that they pass through the wall of the small intestine and into our bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, the digested food molecules are carried around the body to where they are needed.

Question 16

what is assimilation?

Answer 16

the digested food must be moved from the digestive system into the blood system for movement around the body. This process is called ABSORPTION and it occurs in the small intestine.