digestive system

Question 1

peritoneum layers

Answer 1

parietal

visceral

Question 2

parieteal peritoneum

Answer 2

lines abdominal cavity

Question 3

visceral peritoneum

Answer 3

outer covering layer of each abdominal organ

Question 4

4 layers of the digestive tract

Answer 4

mucosa
submucosa
muscularis
serosa

Question 5

mucosa layer

Answer 5

mucous membrane

Question 6

submucosa layer

Answer 6

many blood vessels and veins

Question 7

muscularis layer

Answer 7

2 layers

peristalsis

Question 8

serosa layer

Answer 8

coat of the tract

Question 9

type of digestion in mouth

Answer 9

chemical and mechanical

Question 10

saliva

Answer 10

breaks down food by chemical digestion

Question 11

function of the esophagus

Answer 11

connects pharynx and stomach
10 inches long
peristalsis

Question 12

peristalsis

Answer 12

involuntary

muscular movement of moving food down esophagus

Question 13

chyme

Answer 13

breakdown of food in stomach

Question 14

what is chyme made out of

Answer 14

hydrochloric acid and enzymes (pepsin)

Question 15

stomach digestion

Answer 15

mechanical moves muscles of stomach to make food smaller

chemical uses enzymes to break into smaller molecules

Question 16

where does most of digestion occur in small intestine

Answer 16

duodenum

Question 17

3 parts of small intestine

Answer 17

duodenum
jejunum
ileum

Question 18

intestinal glands

Answer 18

secrete intestinal juices

Question 19

villi

Answer 19

inside folds of intestines
absorb nutrients
covered with microvilli

Question 20

microvilli

Answer 20

increase surface area and ability to absorb

Question 21

liver

Answer 21

make bile

aids is digestion of fats

Question 22

gallbladder

Answer 22

storage tank for bile

releases biles as needed into small intestine

Question 23

bile

Answer 23

mechanically breaks up fats and excretes cholesterol

Question 24

bicarbonate

Answer 24

neutralizes acids

Question 25

pancreas

Answer 25

secretes enzymes that break down all food

released back into small intestine

Question 26

function of large intestine

Answer 26

breaks down some water salts and vitamins

no villi

Question 27

7 parts of large intestine

Answer 27

cecum
ascending colon
transverse colon
descending colon
sigmoid colon
rectum
anus

Question 28

how are carbs digested

Answer 28

occurs in small intestine (glucose)

Question 29

how are proteins digested

Answer 29

starts in stomach and finishes in small intestine (amino acids)

Question 30

how are fats digested

Answer 30

occurs in small intestine (fatty acids)

Question 31

metabolism

Answer 31

the use the body makes of foods after they’ve been digested, absorbed, and circulated to cells

Question 32

two way metabolism uses food

Answer 32

as an energy source

as building blocks for making complex chemical compounds

Question 33

assimilation

Answer 33

using food molecules (cells)

Question 34

absorption

Answer 34

taking the nutrients in the blood stream

Question 35

two pathways of metabolism

Answer 35

catabolism

anabolism

Question 36

catabolism

Answer 36

breaking down to release energy from food molecules

Question 37

anabolism

Answer 37

building food molecules into more complex chemical compounds

Question 38

Two types of metabolic rates

Answer 38

basic metabolic rate

Total metabolic rate

Question 39

Basic metabolic rate

Answer 39

Minimum about of calories needed to keep you alive

Question 40

Total metabolic rate

Answer 40

Total amount of energy used by body per day

Question 41

Thermoregulation

Answer 41

Maintaining homeostasis of body temp

Function of hypothalamus