The Digestive System

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Total cards: 20•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Digestion

Back (Answer)

The breakdown of food

Front (Question)

Ingestion

Back (Answer)

Taking in food

Front (Question)

Egestion

Back (Answer)

Passing any unabsorbed food out in the form of faeces

Front (Question)

Physical digestion

Back (Answer)

The breakdown of food using your teeth

Front (Question)

Incisors (how many+function)

Back (Answer)

(4)cut and slice food

Front (Question)

Canines(how many +function)

Back (Answer)

(2)grip and tear food

Front (Question)

Premolars(how many+function)

Back (Answer)

(4)grind and chew food

Front (Question)

Molars (how many+function)

Back (Answer)

(6)grind and chew food

Front (Question)

Chemical digestion

Back (Answer)

The breakdown of food using enzymes

#10

Front (Question)

An enzyme

Back (Answer)

A biological catalyst

#11

Front (Question)

Oesophagus

Back (Answer)

A muscular tube that carries food to your stomach

#12

Front (Question)

Stomach

Back (Answer)

-A muscular bag that holds food for a few hours. -it contains hydrochloric acid -the stomach churns and physically digests and mixes food

#13

Front (Question)

Small intestine

Back (Answer)

Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream

#14

Front (Question)

Liver

Back (Answer)

Produces bile

#15

Front (Question)

Gall bladder

Back (Answer)

Bile is stored here

#16

Front (Question)

Pancreas

Back (Answer)

Produces many digestive enzymes

#17

Front (Question)

Large intestine

Back (Answer)

Water is reabsorbed into the bloodstream

#18

Front (Question)

Rectum & anus

Back (Answer)

Faeces are stored into the rectum

#19

Front (Question)

Why do we need a digestive system?

Back (Answer)

So we can absorb the nutrients from the food into our bloodstream

#20

Front (Question)

What temperature does amylase work best at

Back (Answer)

37 degrees Celsius