Muscle Action
Muscle Types
Digestion 1
Digestion 2
Digestion 3
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Name one muscle action
Voluntary or Involuntary
100
What are the three types of muscles in the human body?
100
What is the longest part of the digestive system?
100
What is the esophagus, and where is the located?
The esophagus is muscular tube (smooth muscle) that connects the mouth to the stomach.
100
What is the function of the liver
The Liver produces bile which breaks down fat.
200
Which kind of muscle action can we control?
Voluntary muscle
200
Where do you find smooth muscle?
Lining the digestive tract, blood vessels, and other hollow organs.
200
Name the three functions of the digestive system.
Breaks down food into molecules the body can use
Food molecules are absorbed into the blood
Waste is eliminated
200
What is one of the chemicals that the stomach uses to breakdown food?
Hydrochloric acid (HCL)
or
Pepsin
200
What is the function of the gallbladder?
The Gallbladder stores and releases bile to break down fat.
300
What do voluntary muscles allow us to do?
300
How is skeletal muscle attached to bone?
Skeletal muscle is attached to bone by tendons.
300
Compare mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.
Mechanical Digestion:
Physically breaks down food
Chemical Digestion:
Uses chemicals/enzymes to break down food
300
What is the part of the small intestine that increases surface area?
The villi.
300
What is the function of the pancreas?
The pancreas produces and releases chemicals that break down starch, protein, and fats.
400
What do involuntary muscles do in our body?
Give an example.
Heart beating, breathing, digestion etc.
400
Where is cardiac muscle found?
400
Name the two organs that use both chemical and mechanical digestion to break down food.
The Mouth
The Stomach
400
What is the function of the small intestine?
Mostly chemical digestion and absorption (nutrients enter blood).
400
Hypothesize one thing that might be different if humans had a small intestine that was only one foot long rather than 20 feet long.
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500
Name the two types of muscles that are always involuntary.
Smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
500
List the muscle types by endurance factors.
Which kind of muscle tires more quickly...
Skeletal muscle strong but tires the quickly.
Smooth muscle is also strong but does not tire as quickly.
Cardiac muscle is the strongest, but never tires
500
Where is the epiglottis located?
What is its function?
And what is it made out of?
Located behind the tongue
Makes sure your food goes to your esophagus, and air goes to your lungs
Made out of cartilage
500
Name the three major parts of the large intestine and what they do?
Colon – Prepares waste
ascending
transverse
descending
Rectum – Stores waste
Anus – Eliminates waste
500
Name all of the parts of the digestive system and what they do.
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