Diseases
An open sore on the lining of the digestive tract.
What is an Ulcer?
Organ that breaks down toxins.
What is the liver?
The chemical breakdown of food starts here.
What is when saliva mixes with food?
colon absorbs too much water from the feces, making them dry and hard ad difficult to eliminate.
What is constipation?
Slow, wavelike contraction that moves food through the digestive system.
What is peristalsis?
Eating disorder in which a person refuses to eat because of an unrealistic fear of weight gain.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Where digestive products pass into the bloodstream.
What is the small intestine?
Keeps food from entering the nasal cavity.
What is the Uvula?
Bacteria that lives in the large intestine.
What is E-Coli?
Physical breakdown of food begins.
What is when teeth chew and grind the food?
The length of time food stays in the stomach.
What is 1 to 4 hours?
Most of the water from food gets absorbed back into the bloodstream.
What is the Large Intestine?
Valve that controls the entrance to the stomach.
What is the Cardiac Sphincter?
Person weighs 250 lbs, they should weigh 150 lbs.
What is morbidly obese?
Food that has been chewed and mixed with saliva.
What is a bolus?
True of all eating disorders.
What is patients have a distorted view of body weight and food?
Group of conditions whose symptoms include chronic diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and blood in the stool.
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
Organ that stores bile from the liver until it is needed in the small intestine.
What is the Gallbladder?
Binging on large amounts of food followed by purging in an attempt to avoid weight gain.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Medical term for chewing.
What is mastication?