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Digestion quiz
Review for quiz on digestion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| digestion | breaking food down both chemically and manually |
| liver | produces bile which is then stored in the gallbladder |
| pharynx | passage way for food an air |
| Small intestine | where most food absorption occurs |
| ATP | form of energy used by all cells |
| stomach | Where protein digestion begins |
| appendix | blind sack hanging from the cecum |
| Salivary amalayse | substance in the mouth used to begin carbohydrate (starch) digestion |
| pepsin | enzyme in the stomach that breaks down protein |
| rennin | milk digesting protein found in children |
| heartburn | a condition resulting from reflux of acidic gastric juice into the esophagus |
| ulcer | erosion of the duodenal mucosa |
| jaundice | liver problems or blockage of billary ducts. |
| gall stones | severe epigastric pain from prolong storage of bile in the gall bladder |
| glucose | blood sugar |
| lipids | build myelin sheaths and cell membranes |
| mesentary | structure that suspends the small intestines from the abdominal wall |
| vitamins | nutrients found largely in vegetables and fruits and used as coenymes |