Digestive System basics
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | breaks down food into nutrients usable by cells
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| ingestion | show 🗑
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| show | break down
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| absorption | show 🗑
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| show | removal
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| show | physical breakdown of food (chewing, churning)
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| show | proteins called enzymes break down food into a different form
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| show | proteins that help digestion
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| examples of 2 types of digestion in the mouth | show 🗑
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| saliva | show 🗑
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| amylase | show 🗑
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| show | food tube: connects mouth & stomach
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| show | muscles of the esophagus contract and move food toward the stomach
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| show | mechanical digestion (muscles squeezing & churning), chemical digestion (gastric acid and the enzyme pepsin)
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| pepsin | show 🗑
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| show | protects the inner layer of the stomach
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| show | what food is called when it leaves the stomach
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| small intestine | show 🗑
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| villi | show 🗑
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| liver | show 🗑
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| show | stores bile that gets released into the small intestine
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| secrete | show 🗑
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| pancreas | show 🗑
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| insulin & glucagon | show 🗑
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| show | absorbs water from undigested material
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| show | another name for large intestine
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| rectum | show 🗑
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| show | muscular opening for removal of feces
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| show | solid waste, end product of the digestive process
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