jones_macon Test: Digestive System Flashcards
- What is Bolus?
It is what food is called after it’s been partially broken down
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- Which nutrients are made of Amino Acids?
Proteins
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- What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best?
Hydrochloric Acids
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- Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
The mouth
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- Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?
So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food
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- What is not a part of the six nutrients needed by the body?
Enzymes
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- What are the contracts that push food through the digestive system called?
Peristalsis
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- Where is vitamin K found?
The Large intestine
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- True or False:
Chemical reactions in the body take place in the nutrient known as water.
True
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- Where does the most chemical digestion take place?
The Small Intestine
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- Where does digestion begin?
Mouth
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- Where does the most chemical digestion take place?
Small Intestine
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- Where is food absorbed?
Small Intestine
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- What is the part of the small intestine the small intestine couldn’t work without?
The Duodenum of the small intestine. The pancrease which produces enzymes that aid chemical digestion. Without those enzymes chemical digestion could not be completed so the small intestine would be unable to absorb small nutrients.
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- What are the little structures that absorb nutrient in the small intestine?
The structures are villi. Nutrient molecules pass into cells on the surface of villus and from there into blood vessels. The villi provide a large surface area for absorption.
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