The Digestive System

Question 1

What is ingestion?

Answer 1

Ingestion is the intake of food

Question 2

What is digestion?

Answer 2

Digestion is the breakdown of food into nutrients

Question 3

What is absorption?

Answer 3

Absorption is when nutrients are absorbed into the blood system

Question 4

What is egestion?

Answer 4

Egestion is the waste material of food being removed from the body

Question 5

Name 5 food types

Answer 5

Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins and minerals

Question 6

What is a deficiency disease and give one example

Answer 6

Deficiency diseases are caused by a lack of certain food. E.g scurvy

Question 7

What is physical digestion?

Answer 7

Physical digestion is the teeth cutting and chewing mechanically on food.

Question 8

What is chemical digestion?

Answer 8

Chemical digestion is the breaking down of food in the saliva containing enzymes.

Question 9

Oesophagus

Answer 9

Muscular tube that forces food down to stomach by peristalsis.

Question 10

Stomach

Answer 10

Muscular bag that traps food and breaks down though physical and chemical digestion

Question 11

Small intestine

Answer 11

Where nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream

Question 12

Liver

Answer 12

Produces fat breaking bile + produces heat

Question 13

Pancreas

Answer 13

Helps to digest starch

Question 14

Large intestine

Answer 14

Reabsorbs water from food and put it in bloodstream