Mouth
Esophagus and stomach
Liver / pancreas
Intestines
cells and systems
100
What is the name of the watery liquid released by salivary glands that are located on the tongue and on the sides of the mouth?
Saliva
100
What does the bolus mix with in the stomach?
Gastric juices
100
Which organs can you identify?
Liver, gall bladder, stomach and pancreas
100
Name the 3 parts of the small intestine
Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum.
100
What is the name of this organelle? and its function?
Mitochondria
Production of energy through cell respiration
200
What is the bolus?
A small mass of chewed food mixed with saliva at the moment of swallowing.
200
What is the funtion of the epiglottis?
It prevents the passage of the bolus into the respiratory system
200
Where is bile stored?
Gall bladder
200
200
Atom- Molecule- ........-.............- tissues- .........
Cell organelles, cell, systems
300
What is ingestion?
When the foods enter in the digestive tube
300
How are the contractions waves of the esophagus called?
Peristaltic waves
300
What is produced by the pancreas?
Pancreatic juices
300
What is the name of the process by which nutrients pass to the blood? Where does it take place?
Absorption. Small intestine
300
What is this system? Which vital funtion is related to ?
Nervous system, interaction
400
Name the function of saliva
It starts starch digestion (amylase)
400
What is the name of the enzyme present in the gastric juices?
Pepsin
400
Where are the bile and pancreatic juice released into?
Duodenum
400
What is egestion?
The expel of undigested and non- absorbed food (faeces)
400
What are organs 5 and 13?
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Centrosome (or centrioles)
500
What type of digestion is carried out by teeth?
and by the saliva?
Teeth---> mechanical
Saliva ----> Chemical
500
Pepsin is an enzyme that breaks proteins down into smaller fragments called ________.
Amino acids
500
What is another function of the liver?
It destroys toxic substances (drugs, alcohol..)
500
Absorption of _______ and ________ takes place in the large intestine.
water and minerals
500
What is the function of the plasma membrane?
To allow the passage of substances to the interior or exterior of the cell