Key Terms
Taking in food
What is ingestion?
Food is chewed into smaller pieces and ____________ in the mouth contains enzymes that start to break down food.
What is Saliva?
Proteins are further broken down into this before being absorbed in the small intestine.
What are amino acids?
What are the three accessory organs?
What are the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas?
Absorption occurs through the capillaries inside this structure located on the small intestine and stomach.
What are villi?
Waste exits the body
What is Elimination?
Food gets to the stomach by a process called __________.
What is peristalsis?
Carbohydrates must be broken down into this before being absorbed into the bloodstream.
What is glucose?
The liver releases this substance into the small intestine.
What is bile?
This is the equivalent of the trachea in the respiratory system.
What is the esophagus?
Proteins that assist in breaking down food
What are Enzymes?
This type of digestion includes enzymes breaking down the food.
What is chemical digestion?
This is a unit of energy for the food we eat.
What is a calorie?
This organ produces digestive enzymes.
This organ absorbs water from food.
What is the large intestine?
A flap of cartilage that covers the trachea while swallowing
What is the Epiglottis?
What is mechanical digestion?
This nutrient is a building block for hormones.
What is fat?
Bile is stored in this organ.
What is the gallbladder?
Villi are located in these organs.
What are the stomach and small intestine?
A series of muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract
What is Peristalsis?
The majority of nutrient absorption occurs in this organ.
What is the small intestine?
This is the main source of energy to the body.
What are carbohydrates?
Bile is produced by this organ.
What is the liver?
Eating gluten triggers an immune response in your small intestine if you have this disease.
What is Celiac's Disease?