The Gastrointestinal System - The Digestion Process

Question 1

What are the four major functions of the Digestion Process?

Answer 1

• Ingestion
• Digestion
• Absorption
• Elimination

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

The process of putting food in the mouth, chewing, and swallowing

Question 3

Digestion

Answer 3

The process of physically and chemically breaking chunks and large molecules of food into small molecules that will pass through cell membranes

Question 4

Digestive enzymes are substances that break down complex ____

Answer 4

nutrients

Question 5

Digestive enzymes break down proteins into ____

Answer 5

simpler amino acids

Question 6

Digestive enzymes break down sugars into simple sugars, such as ____

Answer 6

glucose

Question 7

Digestive enzymes break down fats into ____ and ____

Answer 7

fatty acids and triglycerides

Question 8

Absorption

Answer 8

The process of transferring digested food from intestinal membranes into the blood circulation

Question 9

What happens when digested food goes into blood circulation?

Answer 9

takes most nutrients straight to the liver for further processing and/or storage

Question 10

Elimination

Answer 10

the process of passing undigested and unabsorbed food out of the body in the form of stool