This enzyme helps in the breakdown of starch in saliva
What is amylase?
The liquid produced once bolus of food is mixed with acid and enzymes of the stomach
What is chyme?
This flap of tissue prevents food from entering the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
This valve is found between the left atrium and left ventricle
What is the mitral valve?
The trachea also referred to as the
What is windpipe?
If this structure does not function properly, gastric juices and chyme may cause ulcers within the duodenum
What is the pyloric sphincter?
The pancreas produces this hormone to help regulate blood glucose levels (not part of digestive system)
What is insulin?
What artery may become blocked, and could possibly lead to a heart attack?
What is the coronary artery?
Name three substances found in gastric juices
What is water, mucus, pepsin, and hydrochloric acid?
The three structures of the circulatory, respiratory and digestive system that increase surface area for diffusion of nutrients and gases.
What are the villi, alveoli and capilaries?