Key Terms
What is the definition of absorption?
Passing of a substance into body fluids and tissues
Which step in digestion is defined as "passing of substance into the body tissues & fluids"?
Absorption
What is the function of the uvula
to prevent food from going into the nasal cavity
Two accessory structures are:
pancreas, gallbladder, and liver (any two of these three)
Hepat-
Liver
Describe "bolus"
a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth during the process of chewing.
Mechanical (or physical)
Also known as the "throat"
Pharynx
The structure where over 80% of nutrient absorption takes place
What is the small intestine?
cardi-
Heart
The semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach into the duodenum.
Chemical digestion occurs when ______ are released and break down food.
Enzymes
The cardiac sphincter is located here
between the esophagus and stomach
What structure secretes bile to help digest large amounts of fatty foods?
Gall bladder
gastr-
stomach
This world is the proper term for gums.
Gingiva
The last step of the digestive process is called:
Excretion
Where most of the absorption of nutrients takes place
small intestine
What accessory structure serves many functions, like storing vitamins A, D, and B complex?
Liver
chole-
gall, bile
______ are the wrinkles or folds in the stomach wall that allow for size changes in the stomach.
Rugae
Two areas both mechanical and chemical digestion occur.
Mouth and stomach.
This digestive structure is 5 feet long and 2 inches in diameter
What is the large intestine
What organ secretes digestive enzymes and insulin?
Pancreas
lith-
stones