Chapter 23: The Digestive System processes/functions

Question 1

What is ingestion?

Answer 1

Taking in food and drink to mouth

Question 2

What is propulsion?

Answer 2

Movement of material through system; swallowing

Question 3

What is mechanical breakdown/digestion

Answer 3

Breaking food down into smaller pieces; chewing

Question 4

What is digestion/chemical

Answer 4

Breaking down larger molecules into smaller molecules

Question 5

What is absorption?

Answer 5

Chemicals transported from digestive system to cardiovascular and lymphatic systems

Question 6

What is defecation?

Answer 6

Elimination of feces from body through anus.

Question 7

What are the 2 parts of the organization of the digestive system?

Answer 7

Alimentary canal/gastrointestinal tract
And
Accessory digestive organs

Question 8

What is the alimentary canal/gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 8

Parts that material passes through from the mouth to the Anus

Question 9

What are the accessory digestive organs for the alimentary canal?

Answer 9

They are parts assodciated with the alimentary canal; teeth, tongue, glands, gallbladder