Digestive System

Question 1

Ingestion/eating

Answer 1

Food is taken in by the body

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Food is broken down

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Digested food passes into the bloodstream

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using the food in the cells of the body

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

Getting rid of undigested food

Question 6

Enzymes

Answer 6

Enzymes are chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction, enzymes act on substrate and breaks it down into a product.
Example: substrate
=starch, enzyme =
Amylase (saliva),
Product = maltose(sugar)

Question 7

Chemical digestion

Answer 7

Most chemical digestion happens in the small intestine.

Question 8

Bile

Answer 8

Bile made in liver to break down fats

Question 9

Pancreas

Answer 9

Makes digestive juices which contain enzymes

Question 10

Physical digestion

Answer 10

Happens in the mouth with the teeth and stomach with the churning.

Question 11

Mouth

Answer 11

Physical and chemical digestion

Question 12

Oesophagus

Answer 12

Brings food from mouth to stomach

Question 13

Liver

Answer 13

Makes bile

Question 14

Stomach

Answer 14

Physical and chemical digestion

Question 15

Pancreas

Answer 15

Makes digestive juices

Question 16

Small intestine

Answer 16

Most chemical digestion

Question 17

Large intestine

Answer 17

Water reabsorption

Question 18

Rectum

Answer 18

Stores undigested food

Question 19

Anus

Answer 19

Undigested food passes out

Question 20

Gall bladder

Answer 20

Bile is stored in the gall bladder, from where it is passed into the small intestine.

Question 21

Incisors

Answer 21

At the front of the mouth, used for Biting and cutting food, 4 upper and 4 lower

Question 22

Canine

Answer 22

One at either side of the incisors,Grasp and tear, 2 upper and 2 lower

Question 23

Pre-molars

Answer 23

3 at either side of canine, 6 upper and 6 lower, used for Grinding and crushing food

Question 24

Molars

Answer 24

2 at either side of the pre-molars, 2 upper 2 lower, used for Grinding and crushing food

Question 25

Herbivore

Answer 25

Only eats plants, very large incisors, large molars and pre-molars to chew grass

Question 26

Carnivore

Answer 26

Only eats meat, large canine teeth, use the teeth to catch an tear their prey

Question 27

Omnivore

Answer 27

Eats plants and meat, need all of the different teeth