Parts of the D.S.
Processes
Disorders and Diseases
Body Organization
Miscellaneous
100
Baglike structure just below the esophagus
What is the stomach?
100
Breaking, crushing, and mashing food is known as this
What is mechanical digestion?
100
When waste material does not move efficiently through the large intestine because it's too dry
What is constipation?
100
A group of cells working together to do a specific job is called this
What is a tissue?
100
Liquid mixture that results from chemical and mechanical digestion in the stomach
What is chyme?
200
Produces bile
What is the liver?
200
Bile's purpose
What is to break up fat?
200
The painful disorder in which acidic chyme flows backward up the esophagus
What is acid reflux?
200
This type of tissue covers and protects underlying tissue. Formed into a continuous sheet
What is epithelial tissue?
200
The approximate length of the human small intestine
What is about 5-6 m?
300
Responsible for extracting water from digested food
What is the large intestine?
300
Small baglike organ that stores extra bile
What is the gallbladder?
300
The main medical danger from diarrhea--can case death in infants in small children
What is dehydration?
300
Organs working together--an example is the digestive system
What is an organ system?
300
Tiny, fingerlike projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients from digested food
What are villi?
400
Produces insulin and bicarbonate
What is the pancreas?
400
Liquid in the mouth that helps in chemical digestion
What is saliva?
400
A chemical compound which you can put into your stomach to decrease the acidity and discomfort associate with it.
What is an antacid?
400
Nervous tissue sends signals here
What is the brain?
400
Substances in food that help cellular processes work better; examples are retinyl palmitate and folic acid
What are vitamins?
500
The first step in digestion starts here
What is the mouth and teeth?
500
The reason why digested food normall does not flow backward into the esophagus
What is a sphincter or valve?
500
Without these chemcials in the digestive system, it would be a very slow process by which you would digest food and extract nutrients from it.
What is an enzyme?
500
Body system that regulates body functions and creates hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
500
The reason why your stomach doesn't digest itself
What is a mucus lining?
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