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Digestive System

Digestive Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
decomposes food by placing water molecules between chemical bonds hydrolysis
enzyme in saliva which catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into smaller carbohydrate molecules amylase
inflammation of the appendix due to a blockage in the appendix appendicitis
J-shaped hollow muscular organ which stores food which has been eaten, breaks down food into a liquid mixture through mechanical digestion, and empties the liquid into the small intestine stomach
muscular tube connecting the pharynx and the stomach; moves food from the pharynx to the stomach by a process called peristalsis esophagus
break down larger particles of food into smaller pieces through mechanical digestion teeth
colon cancer or bowel cancer colorectal cancer
enzyme in saliva which breaks down the polysaccharide walls of many kinds of bacteria thus providing protection against infection lysozyme
functions to moisten food, making it easier to chew, and begins chemical digestion through hydrolysis saliva
crystalline bodies formed by normal or abnormal bile components gallstones
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