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24 Cards in this Set
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Why does food have to be digested in order to get nutrients from it |
Small enough to fit through cell membrane |
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digestion start in the |
Mouth and stomach |
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Give an example of chemical digestion |
Enzymes |
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Give an example of mechanical digestion |
Teeth and stomach muscles turning |
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Two places where mechanical digestion occurs in the digestive system |
Mouth and stomach |
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Why do the small intestine benefit from having the villi |
Increase surface area for more absorption |
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What is peristalsis |
Muscle contractions that move food (Esophagus, stomach, large intestine) |
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Where can peristalsis occur in the digestive system |
The digestive tract |
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Where is saliva made and what does a breakdown |
In the salivary gland and breaks down carbs |
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Where is the bile made and what does it breakdown |
Liver stored by the gallbladder digests food in the small intestine and breaks down lipids |
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Where is gastric juice made and what does it breakdown |
Stomach and breaks down proteins |
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Where is pancreatic juice made and what does it breakdown |
Pancreas they digest food in small intestine and breaks down carbs lipids and proteins |
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Where is Intestinal juice made and what does a breakdown |
Small intestine and breaks down carbs lipids and proteins |
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Where can you get ulcer and what causes it |
Are open sores that develop in the esophagus stomach and small intestine |
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In what part does constipation affect and what causes it |
When to much water is absorbed in the large intestine |
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Diarrhea |
When too little water is absorbed in the large intestine |
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Gallstones |
Small stone from crystallized bile block file stocks in the gallbladder |
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Appendicitis |
Becomes infected and need surgery to remove it |
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Mouth |
Chemical and mechanical that chews the food to reach the esophagus helped by saliva... Breaks down carbs |
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Esophagus |
Where food travels to reach the stomach |
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Stomach |
Mechanical and Chemical digestion that breaks down proteins.. Protease, gastric juice, pepsin, hydrochloric acid is present |
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Small intestine |
Chemical digestion that is the most important place where digestion occurs and digestion is completed.. Bile, intestinal juice,& pancreatic juice is present... Digests carbs, protein, and lipids |
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Large intestine |
Chemical digestion where water and minerals are absorbed |
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Rectum |
Mechanical digestion wasted stored here and water is absorbed |
