Lesson 5 Flashcards
The process of digestion begins in ______
Mouth
This helps dissolve the food so that you can taste it
Saliva
It allows you not to only taste the food but also to move food around the mouth
Tongue
A short tube that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory
Pharynx
When you swallow a mouthful of food, it passes through the _____
Pharynx
A mouthful of food has been chewed and swallowed is called
Bolus
It closes off your trachea to not choke
Epiglottis
A semiliquid mass
Chyme
Three segments of small intestine
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Digestion is completed within the _________
Small intestine
The large intestine is the _______
Colon
A blind sac about the size of finger
Appendix
Once you have swallowed, materials are moved through the rest of the GI tract by involuntary muscle contractions
Gastrointestinal motility
The process of chewing, adding saliva, and stirring with the tongue to reduce the food to a coarse mesh suitable for swallowing
Liquefying process
Secreted by gastric glands
Gastric juice
