Unit 3 Flashcards
Order of Digestive Tract
-Mouth
-Pharynx
-Esophagus
-Stomach
-Small intestine
-Large intestine
-Rectum
-Anus
Accessory Organs
-Teeth
-Tongue
-Salivary Glands
-Pancreas
-Liver
-Gull Bladder
Mechanical Digestion
Physical movement breaks down food into small pieces, without changing the food chemically
Chemical Digestion
Enzymes and chemicals that break down food into nutrient molecules to be absorbed into the blood stream
Mouth (Chem&Mech)
-Chewing food (Mechanical)
-Saliva contains amylase (enzyme) that breaks down starches (Chemical)
Stomach (Chem&Mech)
-Layers of muscles churn food (Mechanical)
-Gastric juice turns the bolus into chyme (Chemical)
Small intestine (Chem&Mech)
-Segmentation (Mechanical)
-Pancreas produces pancreatic juice which is secreted into the duodenum (Chemical)
Mouth
Digestion begins
Pharynx (Throat and Epiglottis)
Flap prevents food from entering the lungs by covering the trachea while swallowing
Esophagus (Food pipe)
Contraction and relaxation of muscles in a one way motion
Stomach
Churning of muscles mixes the food with gastric juice turning the bolus into chyme
Small intestine
Breaks down food and then nutrients are absorbed through the wall, into the bloodstream
Large intestine
-Absorbs water
-Absorption of vitamins produced by bacteria
-removed undigested food
Rectum
Temporarily stores feces
Anus
Ending, feces leaves the body
Tongue
Moves around food in the mouth, mixing it with saliva to form bolus
Teeth
-Food is chewed
-Incisor (8) cut
-Canines (4) Tear
-Molars (12) grind and crush food
Salivary glands
Produces saliva which contains amylase (Enzyme) which break down starches
Liver
-Detoxifies harmful substances
-produce bile
Gull bladder
-A sac that stores and concentrates bile
-secretes into the small intestine