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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM : THE MOUTH AND THE OESOPHAGUS

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Total cards: 7•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Name the two types of digestion that occur in the mouth

Back (Answer)

mechanical and chemical

#2
Front (Question)

explain mechanical digestion in the mouth

Back (Answer)

the teeth and tough help to grind food into smaller particles by chewing or churning the food the tongue aides in mixing the food with saliva

#3
Front (Question)

explain chemical digestion in the mouth

Back (Answer)

the salivary gland under the tongue produce an secrete the enzyme “salivary amylase “which helps breakdown STARCH into a soluble molecule called GLUCOSE

#4
Front (Question)

what happens after the chewing food

Back (Answer)

after chewing , the food particles are shaped into a spherical stricture called the bolus which is then swallowed

#5
Front (Question)

what is the oesophagus

Back (Answer)

it is a tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

#6
Front (Question)

what is peristalsis

Back (Answer)

peristalsis is the process in which the bolus is moved down the the oesophagus by circular muscle activity

#7
Front (Question)

explain how the muscles work to move the bolus down the tube

Back (Answer)

the muscle layers contract and relax and relax rhythmically to push the food down