Vocabulary

Question 1

Bile

Answer 1

digestive made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps with fat digestion and absorption in the intestinal tract.

Question 2

Enzyme

What does it do?

What does it break down?

What does breaking shit down allow

Answer 2

substances produced by our bodies that help us digest foods we eat.

Help break down food components (proteins, carbohydrates and fats)

Allows nutrients from foods to be absorbed into our bloodstreams so that they can support the functioning of all cells

Question 3

Digestion

Answer 3

process that involves breaking down food and drinks into small molecules that can be transported and used by the cells of the body

Question 4

GI tract

Answer 4

one way track in the digestive system in which food travels through

Question 5

absorption

Answer 5

Taking up/ in by chemicical/molecular action

Question 6

elimination

Answer 6

food molecules that cannot be digested/absorbed need to be eliminated from the body.
Removal of indigestible wastes through anus

Question 7

Peristalsis

where does it occur

Answer 7

wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations

Esophagus, stomach and intenstines

Question 8

Bolus

Answer 8

food that has been chewed and mixed in the mouth with saliva

Question 9

chyme

Answer 9

semifluid mass of partially digested food and digestive secretions that is formed in the STOMACH and INTESTINE

Question 10

Deglutition

Answer 10

(swallowing)

the act of passing food from mouth by the way of the Pharynx (throat) and esophogus –> stomach

Question 11

Mastication

Answer 11

(chewing)
up-and-down and side-to-side movements of the lower jaw that assist in reducing particles of solid food, making them more easily swallowed