Digestion quiz Word Scramble
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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 |
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TeresaGentry
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