Digestion Flashcards
What is digestion?
Process of breaking food down into nutrients.
How does food pass through the esophagus? (Gullet)
Using Peristalsis
Which acid is found in the stomach?
Hydrochloric acid
What is the ribcage needed for?
To protect the lungs.
How do nutrients pass from the food inside the small intestines into the blood?
Diffusion
The function of the stomach
Store food and begin to digest food
Explain why digestion important
Allows you to survive because your body needs the nutrients.
What do carbohydrase enzymes break carbohydrates into?
Sugars
What does protease break proteins down into?
Amino acids
What does lipase break lipids down into?
fatty acids and glycerol’s
What is amylase?
Amylase is a type of carbohydrase.
What is bile?
Bile speeds up the digestion of lipids. It is not an enzyme. It is hidden in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. You cannot live a day without it.
Which nutrients do not need to be digested?
minerals, vitamins, water
What organ follows the stomach in the digestive system?
The small intestine comes after the stomach.
What is mainly absorbed in the large intestine?
water