Chapter 6 - Unit 2

Question 1

Accessory Organs

Answer 1

Organ that helps with the function but food does not pass through it (ex. Liver, gallbladder, pancreas)

Question 2

Mechanical Digestion

Answer 2

Physically breaking down food in your mouth or churning it in your stomach for the purpose of creating surface area for enzymes to work

Question 3

Chemical Digestion

Answer 3

Using enzymes and amino acids to break down food into its chemical components (proteins - amino acids), this occurs in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, for the purpose of bringing nutrients into the bloodstream

Question 4

Amylaze

Answer 4

An enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates, and is made in the salivary glands and pancreas

Question 5

Bolus

Answer 5

Partially digested food that is a mixture of chewed food, and saliva

Question 6

Peristalsis

Answer 6

Muscle that pushes food through your digestive system, and brings bolus to the stomach

Question 7

Epiglottis

Answer 7

Make sure food does not go back to the airway

Question 8

Gastric Juices

Answer 8

Created by secretary cells that line the stomach, and they are released by the hormone gastrin - turns bolus into chyme

Question 9

Chyme

Answer 9

Thick mixture of partially digested food and gastric juices, chyme is then released into your small intestine through the pyloric sphincter

Question 10

Pepsinogen

Answer 10

Generates pepsin and comes from the stomach lining

Question 11

Pepsin

Answer 11

Forms when pepsinogen comes in contact with stomach acid, the enzyme then breaks down proteins into peptides/amino acids

Question 12

Alimentary Canal

Answer 12

Another word for the digestive system (G.I tract)