Digestive System Flashcards
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Is a network of organs that help you digest and absorb nutrition from your food.
Digestive System
GI stands for
Gastrointestinal
The hollow organs that make up the GI tract are the
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
small intestine
large intestine
anus
3 parts of the small intestine
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Parts of the Large intestine
Appendix
Cecum
Colon
Rectum
A finger-shaped pouch attached to the cecum.
Appendix
Proteins break into
Fat break into
Carbohydrates break into
Amino Acids
Fatty Acids
and Glycerol
Simple Sugar
Food moves through your GI tract by a process called
Peristalsis
Is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
Peristalsis
Is the digestive process when you start to chew.
Mouth
Also has an enzyme that begins to break down starches in your food.
Saliva
After you swallow, peristalsis pushes the food down your –
Esophagus
Make acids and enzymes that break down food.
Stomach
Makes a digestive juice that has enzymes that break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
Pancreas
The pancreas delivers the digestive juice to the small intestine through small tubes called
ducts
Makes a digestive juice called bile that helps digest fats and some vitamins.
Liver
Stores bile between meals
Gallblader
Makes digestive juice, which mixes with bile and pancreatic juice to complete the breakdown of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
Small intestine
More water moves from your GI tract into your bloodstream.
Large intestine
Bacteria in your large intestine help break down remaining nutrients and make
Vitamin K
The lower end of large intestine stores stool until it pushes stool out of your anus during a bowel movement.
Rectum
