Building Blocks
6 main nutrients: Carbs, proteins, lipids, water, _____ and _______
vitamins and minerals
longest tube of the digestive system
small intestine
When enzymes are involved it is a (chemical or physical) change
chemical
the "mouth" of the paramecium
oral groove
Finger-like projections in the small intestine
Villi
building blocks of proteins
amino acids
tube from mouth to stomach
esophagus
Enzyme found in our saliva that digests starch
salivary amylase
this helps the earthworm grind its food
gizzard
Flap of skin over the trachea
epiglottis
Bile physically breaks up lipids into smaller droplets. This is called
emulsification
this tube has helpful bacteria living there
large intestine
The majority of the enzymes in the small intestine come from here
pancreas
What the amoeba surrounds its food with
pseudopods
makes bile
liver
triglyceride or fat molecule is made up of 1 ______ and 3 _________
1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids
the small tubes from the gall bladder or pancreas to the small intestine
ducts
Enzyme in the stomach that digests protein
pepsin
the fold in the intestine of the earthworm
typhlosole
stores bile
gall bladder
more technical term for single sugar
monosaccharide
name of the tubes where food moves through
alimentary canal
Enzyme from the pancreas that digests lipids
lipase
the "stomach" of the hydra
gastrovascular cavity
ringlike muscle that opens to allow food to move from stomach to sm. intestine
pyloric sphincter