Digestion 1
These are the smooth muscle contractions that occur in the esophagus and small intestine to move the food along.
What is peristalsis?
Two layers of this tissue make up the stomach, they move in opposite directions causing the food to be mixed and churned up.
What are the muscle layers?
Sodas, candies, chips, fruits juices, and white rice are known as this type of carbohydrate
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
This vitamin is found in citrus fruits and promotes a healthy immune system
VITAMIN C
True or False: Food material passed through the pancreas just before reaching the small intestine.
What is false?
What are the three main steps that make up the digestive process?
Digestion, Absorption, Excretion
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
The ____________________produce saliva used to moisten your mouth.
What are the salivary glands?
After leaving the esophagus, food travels here.
What is the stomach?
The simplest form of a carbohydrate
SUGAR
The mineral needed by the body for healthy bones and teeth
Calcium
This is what happens to food while in the stomach.
What is it gets churned/ mixed/squeezed?
Unused food leaves the body and is called__________.
What is waste?
This term describes digestion that physically breaks down the food into smaller pieces.
What is mechanical digestion?
This type of carbohydrate provides A long energy supply and takes longer to break down than a simple carbohydrate. Foods that contain this carbohydrate include whole grain and whole wheat, whole oats, and bran.
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE
This vitamin is helps the body absorb the amount of calcium it needs to form strong bones and can be found in items like cheese, butter, margarine, and fortified milk. You need sunlight to make this vitamin work efficiently.
Vitamin D
These are the finger like projections that extend into the small intestine an absorb nutrients from the digested food.
What are the villi?
The body must have a variety these obtained from digested food and broken down into their molecular forms in order to live.
What are nutrients?
This is where a lot of chemical digestion occurs, enzymes and bile are secreted in this location.
What is the duodenum?
The building blocks of proteins
AMINO ACIDS
A deficiency of this mineral, may be a sign of Anemia (which makes you feel tired), the most common disorder of the blood.
IRON
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! These are two organs that pour juices into the small intestine.
What are pancreas and gallbladder?
This form of digestion involves substances such as enzymes and acids being introduced into the digestive process.
What is chemical digestion?
This organ makes bile and processes things such as chemicals, toxins, and medicines.
What is the liver?
The stomach lining is covered in this, it prevents the stomach from digesting itself with acids.
What is mucous membrane?
Main source of energy
Carbs
Mineral you find in red meat, cereals, and kidney beans
Iron
What is the role of proteins in the body?
growth & repair or energy
What type of complex carb can not be digested?
Fiber
What are sources of protein?
Chicken, fish, tofu, peanut butter & beans.
Give me 2 examples of foods that are fiber.
fruits, veggies, whole grains
What is insulates the body, protects organs, and gives energy.
fats