Organs
Definitions
GI "STUFF"
Enzyme/Hormone/Substances
Anything Goes
100

90% of nutrient absorption occurs here 

What is the small intestine?

100

This is the J shaped pouch that churns and squeezes food to create chyme 

What is stomach?

100

Bile is produced here

Liver

100

This enzyme breaks down carbohydrates 

What is amylase?

100

The proper anatomical order of the large intestine 

What is ascending, transverse, and descending?

200
This is the liquid in the mouth that helps break down food
What is saliva?
200
This is the process that breaks food into small pieces so the body can use it.
What is digestion?
200

This substance kills bacteria in the stomach 

What is Hydrochloric Acid 

200

I stimulate the gallbladder to release bile 

What is CCK?

200

This is found at the bottom of the esophagus that opens to allow food to pass to the stomach 

What is the cardiac sphincter or LES


300
True or False: food material passed through the pancreas just before reaching the stomach.
What is false?
300
The place where water is removed from the waste.
What is large intestine?
300

Bile is stored here 

What is Gallbladder 

300

This enzyme comes from the small intestine that completes the process of protein breakdown 

What is Peptidase?

300

I am found in the small intestine and absorption of nutrients must pass through me 

What is Villi

400
This is what blocks off the windpipe so food cannot get into it
What is the epiglottis?
400
This is the tube food slides down before going to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
400

Sucrase converts what substance to glucose? 

What is Sucrose

400

This hormone stimulates the release of gastric juices (pepsin, HCL and mucus)

What is Gastrin?

400

Mechanical digestion consist of 

What is mastication and peristalsis 

500
These are two organs that pour juices into the small intestine.
What are pancreas and liver?
500
true or false-- Digestion starts in your mouth
What is true?
500

The substance that neutralizes the chyme when it enters the small intestine. 

What is Sodium Bicarbonate 

500

This hormone stimulates the pancreas to release pancreatic enzymes and sodium bicarbonate 

What is Secretin

500

The 3 parts of the small intestine are

What is the duodenum, ileum, and jejunum 

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