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Science Vocab
Anatomy Vocabulary to Study
Term | Definition |
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Enzyme | a small protein that breaks down food and delivers sugars and needed nutrients to cells who can generate it into ATP |
Villi | processes on certain membranes where they serve in absorbing nutrient |
Absorption | the process in which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another |
Mechanical Digestion | food is crushed, or chewed, by the teeth and pushed down the esophagus by the tongue |
Chyme | the acidic mass in the stomach that passes through the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food |
Chemical Digestion | breaking down foods into simpler nutrients that can be transported and used by other cells |
Glucose | a sugar having several different forms and having about one half the sweetness of other sugars |
Diffusion | particles moving from a high concentration to a low concentration |
Peristalsis | creating wavelike movements that push the contents of the canal that it is in forward |