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Types of digestion

mechanical and chemical

in mechanical digestion you can

tear, mash, purpose is to expose bonds of food

in chemical digestion you can

chemically alter(break down) molecules, and it is completed by enzymes that break bonds of molecules into smaller molecules

Oral cavity is also called

mouth

Salvary glands secrete saliva into mouth and breaks down what

amylase

Your tounge and teeth chew food into

bolus

Chewing =

mastication

as bolus is swalled the _______ closes covering the trachea

epiglottis

Your ___ conducts food from the pharynx down to the stomach

esophagus

_______ opens and bolus is squeezed down by _____

esophageal sphincter, oeristalis

peristalis

wave of contractions that are involuntary smooth muscle

___ is located on the left side of the abdomen below the diaphram

stomach

Epithelial cells line and secrete gastic juices of ____ and ____ that hydrolyus proteins

hcl and pepsin

Wall of the stomach is protected by

mucus

the stomach has folds called ____ to allow it to expand

rugae

Food enters the stomach at the ____ _____ and exits as ____ passes through the ____ _____ into the s. intestines

cardiac sphincter, chyme, pyloric sphincter

What organ has chemical digestion of carbs, proteins, and lipids that is completed with the aid of enzymes and secretions

s. intestines

Trypsin

protein

amylase

carbs

lipase

lipids

Bile is made by the ___ and is stored in the ____

liver, gallbladder

S. intestine has 3 main sections

dvodenum, jejunum, ileum

dvodenum

chemical digestion

jejunum and ileum

nutrient absortion

what holds the small intestines together and has nutrients are absorbed by blood vessels

mesentary

In the l. intestine the junction between small and large form is called the

cecum

___ is located adjacent to the cecum

appendix

Water is absorbed from wastes or ____

feces

____ turns indigestible waste into vitamin k

e coli

Where are feces temporarily stored

rectum

where is the feces eliminated

anus or anal canal