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15 Cards in this Set
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Ingestion
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food is taken in
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Digestion
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breakdown of complex nutrients into simple nutrients
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Motility
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physically breaks down large pieces of food
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Secretion
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digestive enzymes allow chemical digestion
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Absorption
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movement of nutrients into internal environment
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Elimination
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excretion of material that is not absorbed
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Mechanical Digestion
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mixes and propels food
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Mastication
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chewing movement
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Deglutition
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swallowing
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Oral Stage
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food is moved by tounge from mouth to oropharynx
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Pharyngeal Stage
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propels bolus from pharynx to esophagus..using gravity and contractions
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Esophageal Stage
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esophagus to stomach
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Peristalsis
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wave of contraction that moves chime
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Segmentation
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mixing movement, helps break down and mix food (back and forth action)
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Gastric Motility
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mixing of chime (2-6 hrs) Gastric Inhibitory Peptide slows food
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