Upper Digestive
Lower Digestive
Accessory Organs
Nutrition 1
Miscellaneous
100
This is the process where rhythmic muscle movements forces food into the digestive system.
What is peristalsis?
100
This organ has a pH value of 2.
What is the stomach?
100
This organ produces bicarbonate to neutralize acids.
What is the pancreas?
100
They are used for energy, for growth and for repair.
What is a nutrient?
100
This term describes the actual physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces.
What is mechanical digestion?
200
These glands help moisten the food.
What are salivary glands?
200
This soupy mixture of pepsin and hydrochloric acid moves into the small intestine.
What is chyme?
200
Stores bile until needed.
What is the gallbladder?
200
These large molecules need to be digested in the body.
What are proteins, carbohydrates and lipids/fats?
200
it's the pH value of saliva.
What is seven (7)?
300
This 25 cm long tube squeezes mushy bolus into your stomach.
What is the esophagus?
300
From 40 minutes to several hours.
What is the time it takes food to digest?
300
it's the largest and heaviest internal organ in the body.
What is the liver?
300
These classes of nutrients are absorbed directly into the bloodstream.
What are vitamins, minerals and water?
300
This term describes the chemical breakdown of food.
What is chemical digestion?
400
This flap prevent food from entering the lungs.
What is epiglottis?
400
This small ring releases chyme into the small intestine.
What is the pyloric sphincter?
400
Produces bile to break down fats and breaks down toxins in the body.
What is the liver?
400
This class of nutrients are simple or complex.
What are carbohydrates?
400
These fingerlike structures contain blood vessels which absorb nutrients and carries them into the circulatory system.
What are villi?
500
The four flavors on the tongue.
What is sweet, sour, salty and bitter?
500
6.5 cm diameter and 1.5 min length.
What is the large intestine?
500
produces insulin to control sugar levels in the blood.
What is the pancreas?
500
This nutrient makes up the majority percentage of your human body.
What is water?
500
This is a recommendation for food servings and helps you to plan a healthy diet.
What is the food pyramid?
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