digestion + absorption of nutrients terminology

Question 1

digestion

Answer 1

the breakdown of insoluble food items into soluble liquids

Question 2

metabolised

Answer 2

products of digestion being broken down or built for the body to use

Question 3

catabolism

Answer 3

catabolic reaction is larger molecules breaking down into energy and smaller molecules

Question 4

anabolism

Answer 4

anabolic reaction is smaller molecules and energy building up into larger molecules for use

Question 5

mastication

Answer 5

chewing

Question 6

mechanical breakdown

Answer 6

physical digestion of food by stomach muscles

Question 7

chemical digestion

Answer 7

enzymes digesting food

Question 8

cellulose

Answer 8

cell wall found in all plant material

Question 9

microbial fermentation

Answer 9

the use of microbes to produce a product for an animal

Question 10

trickle feeder

Answer 10

animal that constantly eats small amounts (most herbivores are trickle feeders)

Question 11

eructation

Answer 11

burping

Question 12

rumination / chewing the cud

Answer 12

regurgitation + re-mastication of undigested fibrous material

Question 13

peristalsis

Answer 13

waves of muscle movements to carry food / chyme through the digestive system

Question 14

antiperistalsis

Answer 14

takes fibrous food in the opposite direction to the digestive tract to be chewed again