Mechanical Digestion

Question 1

Mechanical Digestion

Answer 1

Process of breaking down food into smaller pieces using: mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine

Question 2

Mouth (mechanical)

Answer 2

Chewing using teeth, tongue, mouth to breakdown food

Question 3

Stomach (mechanical)

Answer 3

Churning, storing food, creating chyme through gastric sections

Question 4

Liver (mechanical)

Answer 4

Produces Bile stored in gallbladder and released in small intestine to digest and absorb fats and also stores glycogen

Question 5

Small Intestine (mechanical)

Answer 5

Segmented movements (emulsification) moving the chyme and absorbing its nutrients

Question 6

Esophagus (mechanical)

Answer 6

Peristalsis forcing bolus through esophagus into the stomach heartburn and vomiting occur around the esophagus

Question 7

Peristalsis

Answer 7

The movement of a bolus down esophagus by waves of circular muscle contractions

Question 8

Why emulsification is mechanical?

Answer 8

No chemical change has occurred, no broken or formed bonds.Oil has been broken down into teeny tiny droplets suspended in a hydrophilic solution