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Chap 6: The digestive system

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#1
Front (Question)

Gastric glands

Back (Answer)

produce gastric juice in the stomach that breaks down protein

#2
Front (Question)

What comes first: Mechanical transformation or chemical transformation?

Back (Answer)

Mechanical transformation consists of mixing and breaking down food into smaller fragments without changing its nature. It prepares food for the next step: chemical transformation.

#3
Front (Question)

The digestive tract is made up of the following (6) components:

Back (Answer)

• the mouth • the pharynx • the esophagus • the stomach • the small intestine • the large intestine (which terminates in the rectum and anus)

#4
Front (Question)

FIll the blanks ____ ____ consists of physically break- ing down food into smaller substances in preparation for sub- sequent chemical transformation.

Back (Answer)

MECHANICAL TRANSFORMATION

#5
Front (Question)

The digestive system can be divided into two parts: the digestive ____ and the digestive ____

Back (Answer)

• The digestive tract • The digestive glands

#6
Front (Question)

What does bile do

Back (Answer)

eliminates fats

#7
Front (Question)

Intestinal glands

Back (Answer)

secrete intestinal juice into small intestine to break down protein carbs and fats

#8
Front (Question)

Mostly occurs in small intestine which contain folds called VILLI.

Back (Answer)

Absorption of nutrients

#9
Front (Question)

Jeopardy! Food we consume undergoes two types of transformation in the digestive process.

Back (Answer)

What are mechanical and chemical transformation.

#10
Front (Question)

Glands in the digestive system include:

Back (Answer)

• the salivary glands • the gastric glands (located in the stomach lining) • the liver (the gallbladder stores fluids from the liver until they are released into the digestive tract) • the pancreas • the intestinal glands (located in the lining of the small intestine)

#11
Front (Question)

Pancreas

Back (Answer)

secretes pancreatic juice into the small intestine to eliminate proteins carbs and fats

#12
Front (Question)

The digestion of food is a complicated process that involves the following functions:

Back (Answer)

• ingestion and propulsion of food along the digestive tract • digestion of food • absorption of nutrients • elimination of fecal matter

#13
Front (Question)

Where does gastric juice come from

Back (Answer)

the stomach

#14
Front (Question)

Absorption of nutrients

Back (Answer)

This is when the nutrients move through the lining of the digestive tract into the blood or lymph. Mostly occurs in small intestine which contain folds called VILLI. The villi have blood and lymphatic vessels through which nutrients flow through the body

#15
Front (Question)

Identify transformation of food into nutrients that the body can use

Back (Answer)

Digestion of food

#16
Front (Question)

Identify also known as deglutition

Back (Answer)

Swallowing

#17
Front (Question)

Mechanical transformation of food

Back (Answer)

Food is physically broken down into smaller substances to prepare for chemical transformations Chewing(teeth used to crush and grind food) Churning (muscle contractions with mix food withsecretions from digestive system…in stomach andsmall intestine)

#18
Front (Question)

Organs and glands responsible for the chemical transformation of food

Back (Answer)

Salivary gland (saliva) Gastric glands (gastric juice) Intestinal glands (intestinal juice) Pancreas (Pancreatic juice) Liver (Bile)

#19
Front (Question)

Salivary glands

Back (Answer)

produce saliva which breaks down starch

#20
Front (Question)

Identify Refers to the muscular contractions of esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines that move substances through the digestive tracts

Back (Answer)

peristalsis

#21
Front (Question)

What is The organ that stores bile

Back (Answer)

The Gallbladder

#22
Front (Question)

Chemical transformation

Back (Answer)

The digestive tract breaks down the complex molecules of food into simple molecules. There is much help of secretion from digestive glands during this process

#23
Front (Question)

Mechanical transformation

Back (Answer)

Food is physically broken down into smaller substances to prepare for chemical transformations Chewing(teeth used to crush and grind food) Churning (muscle contractions with mix food with secretions from digestive system…in stomach and small intestine)

#24
Front (Question)

The digestive tract breaks down the complex molecules of food into simple molecules. There is much help of secretion from digestive glands during this process

Back (Answer)

Chemical transformation