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32 Cards in this Set
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INGESTION
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Eating
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Digestion
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Breaking down of food.
-mechanical : chewing -chemical : hydrolysis |
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Absorption
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One of the stages of food processing
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Elimination
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The last stage of food processing
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Alimentary canal
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Is the pathway by which food enters the body and solid wastes are expelled
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All parts of alimentary canal
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Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines, anus
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Peristalsis
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Alternating contractions and relaxation of the muscles that move the food along
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Sphinters
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Muscular valves regulate the food in and out of the stomach and intestines
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Parietal cells
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Break down proteins make HCl
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Pepsinogin
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Helps form the active enzyme pepsine
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HCL
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Hydrochloric acid
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Pepsin
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Enzyme that breaks down proteins
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Gastrin
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Hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric acids
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Chyme
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Results of enzymes, gastric juices ready to enter the small intestine
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Function of pancreas
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Produces insulin, enzymes no bicarbonate
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Function of liver
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To produce bile
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Gall bladder function
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To store bile
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Small intestine digests...
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Carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acid, fats
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Villi
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Finger like projections on inner wall that increase the surface area for better absorption of nutrients
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Cecum
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Delind pouch which has the appendix
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Rectum
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Final storage area
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Appendix
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Container for white cells
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Trypsin
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Enzyme that degrades proteins
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Chymotrypsin
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Digestive enzyme composed of pancreatic juice
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Nuclease
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Breaks down nuevo acid
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Aminopeptidase
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Breaks down amino acids
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Pancreatic amylase
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Breaks down starches
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Hepatic portal vein
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Carries blood rich in nutrients to liver
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LDL
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Low density lipoprotein
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HDL
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High density lipoprotein
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Pylori sphincter
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Muscles that stops regurgitation of food from intestines to stomach
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Salivary amylase
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Enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into destroy and maltose
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