Digestive System Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Path Of Food Through The Body

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Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Rectum
Anus
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Mechanical Digestion

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The Physical Break Down Of Food Into Smaller Particles

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Chemical Digestion

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Chemical Breakdown Of Molecules Using Enzymes

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Enzymes

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Little Proteins That Make Reactions Happen

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Bolus

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Ball Of Food

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Peristalsis

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When The Esophagus Pushes Down The Bolus

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Cardiac Sphincter

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Prevents Back Flow Of Stomach Acid

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Pepsin

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Main Digestive Enzyme In The Stomach Breaks Down Proteins Into PolyPepTides Dipeptides

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Hydrochloric Acid

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Acid In The Stomach

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Lactase

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Turns Lactose Into A Monosaccharide

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Trypsin

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Turns Dipeptide Into Amino Acids

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Bile

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Turns Fat Into Fatty Acid

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Villi

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Absorbs Food Into Blood Stream

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Sphincter

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Ring In A Tube That Opens And Closes

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Pyloric Sphincter

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Thing In Stomach

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Epiglottis

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Prevents Food From Going Down Trachea

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Mouth

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Starts Mechanical Digestion Breaks Down Food Into Smaller Pieces Mouth

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Esophagus

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Posterior From Trachea Moves Food In One To Two Seconds Via Peristalsis Tube Leading From Mouth To Stomach

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Stomach

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Chemical And Mechanical Digestion Below Esophagus Above Pancreus

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Small Intestine

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DouDenum First Section
JeJuNum Second Section
Ileum Third Section
Between Large Intestine Below Pancreus Above Rectum

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Large Intestine

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AKA Colon
Transverse Colon
Descending Colon
SigMoid
Ascending Colon
Around Small Intestine Below Gull Bladder Above Appendix
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PanCreus

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Gland Behind The Stomach That Creates Enzymes Cloud Like Thing Below Stomach Above Small Intestine

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Liver

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Second Largest Organ Involved With Metabolism Big Organ Below Esophagus Above Gall Bladder

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Gall Bladder

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Stores Bile Before Release Into The Intestine Pouch Below Liver Above Large Intestine
Helps Digest Highly Fatty Foods

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Appendix
Sac Attached To And Opening Into The Lower End Of The Large Intestine Thing At The End Of The Large Intestine Below Large Intestine Above Anus
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Anus
Last Place Food Goes Through End Of Digestive System Below Rectum Above Nothing
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Rectum
Second To Last Place Food Goes Through By Anus Below Small Intestine Above Anus
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Ulcer
Burn In Stomach When Wall Of Mucus Has A Whole Caused By HelioBacter Pylori Bacteria Or From The Mucus Not Producing
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Hernea
When Muscle Breaks Causing Soft Tissue Intestines To Poke Through
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IBS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Bowel Doesn't Move How It's Supposed To Irregularly Moving Large Intestine
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Celiac Disease
AutoImmune Disease Body Attacks Villi In The Small Intestine
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Gall Stones
Build Up Of Calcium Stones Gull Bladder
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Calories Per Gram
Four Calories Per Gram
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Six Nutrients
``` Water CarboHydrates Fats Proteins Vitamins Minerals ```
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Water
``` Needed By Every Cell In The Human Body Seventy Five Percent Of Baby Fifty To Sixty Five Percent Of Adult Exhaled In Breath Excreted In Urine Need About IL Water Per Day ```
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CarboHydrates
``` Simple Sugars Fruit Honey Sugar Simple - Glucose Fructose Lactose MonoSaCCHaride DiSaCCHaride Taste Sweet HexAgon PolyGon ``` ``` Complex Starches Grain Potatoes Vegetables Celllulose Taste Starchy Bland Hexagons ```
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Fats
AKA Lipids Saturated Fat No Double Bonds Stick And Stack Solid At Room Temperature UnSaturated Fat Double Bonds Trans Fat Liquid At Room Temperature Part Of A Healthy Diet Help Absorb Vitamins Part Of Neurons Myelins Cell Membrane Stores Energy PolyUnSaturated Two Double Bonds Or Triple Bonds MonoUnSaturated
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Proteins
Made Of Amino Acid | Twenty Amino Acids Eight Amino Acids Your Body Cant Make Essential Amino Acids
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DiPePTide
A PepTide Composed Of Two Amino Acid ResiDues
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Vitamins
``` Big Molecules Large Carbon Based Molecules Named By Letters Fat Soluble Stick Around In Fat A D E K Water Soluble The Rest You Need These Regularly B C ```
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Minerals
``` InOrganic Nutrients That Your Body Needs Elements From The Periodic Table Calcium Iron Zinc Potassium ```
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Why Do We Need To Eat
Energy Building Materials
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Food Has Forty Seven Grams Of CarboHydrates How Many Calories From CarboHydrates
188
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Food Has Twenty Four Grams Of Protein How Many Calories From Protein
96
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Three Sphincters
Pyloric Between Stomach And Small Intestine Cardiac Between Stomach And EsoPhaGUs Anal By Anus
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Difference Between MoNoSaCCHAride And DiSACCHARIde
Mono One Ring Di Two Ring
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Molecule With lots Of Kinks Bends May Be
UnSaTURATEd Fat
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Long Molecule Made Of Amino Acids May Be
Protein
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The Main Role Of The Stomach In The Process Of Digestion Is
To Start The BreakDown Of Proteins And Further Break Up Masses Of Food
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Primary Role Of The Large Intestine Is To Absorb
Water
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Primary Role Of The Small Intestine Is To Absorb
Nutrients
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Is Filtration Part Of The Digestive System
No
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Salivary AmyLase
An Enzyme In Saliva That Can Break The Chemical Bonds In Starch
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Lactose
Sweet DiSACCHARIDe Broken Down By Lactase
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Pepsin In The Stomach Breaks Down
Proteins
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Cecum
Pouch Connected To The Junction Of The Small And Large Intestines
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HeartBurn Can Be Caused By
Damage To The Cardiac Sphincter
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Out Of All Parts Of The DiGestive System Food Spends the Longest Amount Of Time In The
Large InTestine
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Fiber
A Material That Helps You Digest Food
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Long Chain Of Amino Acids
Protein