W1 part 1

Question 1

Process wherein food is broken down into smaller molecules that the body cells utilize.

Answer 1

Digestion

Question 2

Ingests food-breaks food mechanically & chemically.

Answer 2

Mouth

Question 3

Another name for mouth

Answer 3

Buccal cavity

Question 4

ball shaped mass that was food chewed & lubricated

Answer 4

Bolus

Question 5

Contains salivary amylase ptyalin

Answer 5

Saliva

Question 6

Produces most saliva in mouth

Answer 6

Salivary gland

Question 7

Enables us to taste

Answer 7

Muscular tongue

Question 8

Breakdown of food into smaller pieces

Answer 8

Teeth

Question 9

Muscular tube conveys food from pharynx to stomach.

Answer 9

Esophagus

Question 10

Wave-like contractions & process wherein muscles at intestinal tract individually contract & relax alternately to create —- movements

Answer 10

Peristalsis

Question 11

Pear shaped organ connected to distant end if esophagus.

Answer 11

Stomach

Question 12

composed of cells that secrete materials important in digestion.

Answer 12

Gastric glands

Question 13

secretions compromised by —-

Answer 13

Gastric juice

Question 14

Churning action

Answer 14

Chyme

Question 15

Long, coiled tube fills abdomen.

Answer 15

small intestine

Question 16

3 regions of small intestine

Answer 16

duodenum, jejunum, and ielum

Question 17

Region of small intestine which neutralizes acids and bile(salts)

Answer 17

Duodenum

Question 18

Region of small intestine which absorbs acids and bile salts.

Answer 18

Jejunum

Question 19

Region of small intestine which absorbs

Answer 19

Ielum

Question 20

Organ next to small intestine

Answer 20

Large intestine

Question 21

Another name for large intestine

Answer 21

Colon

Question 22

3 regions of large intestine

Answer 22

Ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon

Question 23

The large intestine has a region called ____ which has a blind corner called ____ that bears a worm-like appendix.

Answer 23

Ascending colon
Caecum

Question 24

Warehouse for undigested residue or feces.

Answer 24

Rectum