Digestion Flashcards
Name the types of digestion in the mouth.
Mechanical digestion and chemical digestion
Name the food group that gets digested in the mouth.
Carbohydrates
Name the food group that gets digested in the stomach.
Protein
Name the substances that provide acidic conditions in the stomach.
Hydrochloric acid
State the two functions of hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
To kill bacteria and provide acidic conditions for the enzyme to digest protein.
Name the substance produced by the liver to break down fats into smaller pieces.
Bile
Name the three food groups that get digested in the small intestine.
Carbohydrates, protein and fats
Name the substances absorbed from large intestine.
MInerals, vitamins and water
When the temperature is too high, the enzyme will ___
Denatured
Carbohydrates will get digested into _
Glucose
Protein will get digested into _
Amino acid
Fats will get digested into _ and _
Fatty acid and glycerol
The digested food will diffuse from small intestine into the _ and carried to every cell
Blood
The final organ that end the digestion is _
Small intestine
The food is pushed down into stomach through a wave of muscular contraction known as _
Peristalsis
