Ch4 the digestive system

Question 1

System

Answer 1

A group of organs working together for a particular function

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

The breaking down of large insoluble food particles into small soluble food particles because we need to make food smaller so that it can be absorbed into the bloodstream

Question 3

Incisor

Answer 3

Cuts and slices

Question 4

Canine

Answer 4

Rips and tears

Question 5

Premolar and molar

Answer 5

Chews and grinds

Question 6

Salivary glands

Answer 6

Produce amylase

Question 7

Liver

Answer 7

Produces bile to aid the breakdown of fat

Question 8

Gallbladder

Answer 8

Stores bile

Question 9

Oesophagus

Answer 9

Carries food from the mouth to the stomach

Question 10

Appendix

Answer 10

No longer functions

Question 11

Stomach

Answer 11

Churns food, produces and discharges is hydrochloric acid which kills bacteria

Question 12

Pancreas

Answer 12

Makes digestive enzymes

Question 13

Small intestine

Answer 13

Absorbs nutrients and food into the blood. digestion occurs here

Question 14

Large intestine

Answer 14

Absorbs water carries faeces

Question 15

Rectum

Answer 15

Stores faeces for egestion

Question 16

Anus

Answer 16

Allows faeces to pass from the body egestion

Question 17

Mechanical digestion

Answer 17

Breaking down food with teeth or stomach churning

Question 18

Chemical digestion

Answer 18

Enzymes breaking down food

Question 19

Enzyme

Answer 19

A biological catalyst

Question 20

Peristalsis

Answer 20

Muscular movement that it only occurs in the muscles of the digestive system because his food to be pushed him on the system

Question 21

Ingestion

Answer 21

Taking in food

Question 22

Digestion

Answer 22

Breaking down food into soluble particles

Question 23

Absorption

Answer 23

Digested food passes into the blood stream

Question 24

Assimilation

Answer 24

Food is used by the cells for energy or growth

Question 25

Egestion

Answer 25

Unabsorbed food leaves the body as faeces

Question 26

Amylase and starch

Answer 26

Maltose

Question 27

Maltase and maltose

Answer 27

Glucose

Question 28

Test tube A starch and amylase test tube B starch and water

Answer 28

Water bath at 37°C for five minutes add a drop of iodine to both test tube A will stay brown test tube B turned from brown to blue black