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Digestiive System

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

________ in food cannot be utilised by our body in their ORIGINAL form .

Back (Answer)

BIOMACROMOLECULES

#2
Front (Question)

In 1851 , ___ published a paper describing a structure located on the basilar membrane of the cochlea containing hair cells that convert sound vibrations into nerve impulses .

Back (Answer)

Alfonso corti

#3
Front (Question)

BIOMACROMOLECULES in our food have to be broken down into simple _______ forms . This is called digestion .

Back (Answer)

Absorbable

#4
Front (Question)

Digestion is carried out by our digestive system by _____and ____ method .

Back (Answer)

Mechanical Biochemical

#5
Front (Question)

The human digestive system consists of the ____ and the ______.

Back (Answer)

Alimentary canal Associated glands

#6
Front (Question)

The alimentary canal begins with the _____opening -the ____ and it opens _____ through the anuss .

Back (Answer)

Anterior Mouth 👄 Posteriorly

#7
Front (Question)

The mouth leads to the ____ or _____.

Back (Answer)

Buccal cavity Oral cavity

#8
Front (Question)

The _____cavity has a number of teeth .

Back (Answer)

Oral cavity

#9
Front (Question)

The oral cavity consists of ___and ____.

Back (Answer)

Teeth muscular Tongue

#10
Front (Question)

Each tooth is embedded in a _____of ____.

Back (Answer)

Socket Jaw bone 🦴

#11
Front (Question)

Each tooth is attached in a socket of jaw bone , this type of arrangement is called -

Back (Answer)

Thecodont

#12
Front (Question)

Majority of ______form 2 sets of teeth in their life .

Back (Answer)

Mammals including humans

#13
Front (Question)

The type of dentition in which a set of temp milk teeth or deciduous teeth is replaced by a set of permanent teeth or adult teeth , is called -

Back (Answer)

Diphyodont

#14
Front (Question)

An adult human has 32 permanent teeth which are of 4 diff teeth , this dentition is called -

Back (Answer)

Heterodont

#15
Front (Question)

Dental formula of an. Adult human teeth -

Back (Answer)

2123 —— 2123

#16
Front (Question)

The hard chewing surface of teeth made up of _____ helps in the ______ of food .

Back (Answer)

Enamel Mastication

#17
Front (Question)

The tongue is a _____ muscular organ attached to the _____ of ____ by the FRENULUM .

Back (Answer)

Freely movable Floor Oral cavity

#18
Front (Question)

The _____ surface of the tongue has small PROJECTIONS called ______

Back (Answer)

Upper Papillae

#19
Front (Question)

Some ___bear taste buds .

Back (Answer)

Papillae

#20
Front (Question)

The oral cavity leads into a short _______.

Back (Answer)

Pharynx

#21
Front (Question)

___serves as a common passage for food and air .

Back (Answer)

Pharynx

#22
Front (Question)

The ___ and ____ open into the pharynx

Back (Answer)

Oesophagus Trachea

#23
Front (Question)

A cartilaginous flap , EPIGLOTTIS prevents the entry of food 🥘 into the ______ during swallowing.

Back (Answer)

Glottis -opening of wind pipe (trachea )

#24
Front (Question)

The ______ is a thin tube extending posteriorly passing through the neck ,thorax and diaphragm .

Back (Answer)

Oesophagus