Organs
The first organ in the digestive system where food begins to be digested
What is the mouth?
A chemical used to test for starch
What is Iodine?
What were some of M'kenna's symptoms? Need at least 2 to get the points
Diarrhea
Bloating
Gas
Fatigue
Weight loss
Iron-deficiency
anemia
Constipation
Depression
What two things go into the body for cellular respiration to happen?
What are food and oxygen?
What are the three main nutrients in food?
Carbohydrates, Fats, Protein
A J-shaped pouch where food stays for about 4 hours during digestion
What is the stomach?
A chemical used to test for sugar
What is Benedicts solution?
Describe how M'kenna's small intestine looked in her endoscopy picture
It looked dry and flat
What three things are made from cellular respiration
What are energy, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
What do fats break down into?
Fatty acids
The long, thin tube where digestion is completed
What is the small intestine?
The chemical in your saliva that begins turning starch into sugar
What is Amylase?
What organ were M'Kenna's problems mostly in?
The small intestine
What do we inhale and exhale?
We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide
What do carbohydrates break down into?
Sugar or glucose
The shorter, wider tube where excess water is removed from whatever is left from digestion
What is the large intestine?
This is the color a sugar test turns if it is positive
Orange/yellow/green
Why did M'Kenna have fatigue?
She didn't have enough nutrients in her blood to make energy
What are the air sacs in the lungs that move oxygen into the blood called?
Alveoli
What do proteins turn into?
Amino Acids
The tube from the mouth to the stomach
Which test needs to be heated to get the results, the test for sugar or the test for starch?
Sugar
Why did M'Kenna lose weight?
She didn't have enough nutrients in her blood to make energy so her body used stored fat to do this
What are the small finger like structures in the small intestine that absorb food?
Villi
What goes through the walls of the small intestine - sugar or starch? Why?
Sugar because it's smaller