Spencer, Elisabeth quiz: digestion begins
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3. The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called
Digestion • BP notes
1. What is one place where chemical and mechanical digestion take place?
Stomach • BP notes
13. Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?
So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food • BP notes
• What organs are considered accessory organs of digestion?
Liver, pancreas, teeth, gallbladder • BP notes
20. What process involves muscle contractions that moves food through the esophagus and other organs of the digestive system?
Peristalsis • BP notes
22. When in anatomical position, which part of the body is directly below the left rib?
Stomach • Digestion CLF
23. The alimentary canal does NOT contain which of the following organs?
Salivary glands • BP notes
24. What parts of the digestive system primarily absorb water??
No part of the digestive system absorbs water. • BP notes
25. you wanted to find the tissue that secrets pepsin, where would you look?
In your stomach lining • BP notes