Digestive system

Question 1

What are the 4 stages of food processing?

Answer 1

Ingestion, digestion, absorption, ejection

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

Taking nutrients into the body

Question 3

Digestion

Answer 3

Breaking down macromolecules into simple organic molecules using chemical and physical means

Question 4

Absorption

Answer 4

Absorbing nutrients from the small intestine into the blood stream

Question 5

Ejection

Answer 5

Elimination of waste from the body

Question 6

What are the 2 types of digestion?

Answer 6

Mechanical and chemical

Question 7

Digestive tract

Answer 7

mouth, epiglottis, esophagus, stomach

Question 8

What does your stomach produce for digesting food?

Answer 8

Hydrochloric acid (HCL) and enzymes

Question 9

Small intestine

Answer 9

absorbs nutrients

Question 10

What does the mesentery do?

Answer 10

holds intestine together

Question 11

Duodenum

Answer 11

First part of the small intestine

Question 12

Jejunum

Answer 12

Second part of the small intestine

Question 13

Ileum

Answer 13

Third part of the small intestine

Question 14

Liver

Answer 14

-holds 13% of your blood
-blood leaving intestine and stomach goes to the liver
-produces bile (stored in the gall bladder)

Question 15

Pancreas

Answer 15

-produces enzymes
-controls the amount of sugar the blood has

Question 16

Large intestine

Answer 16

re-absorbs water, absorbs vitamins

Question 17

Peristalsis

Answer 17

Muscular contraction to move food