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Digestive vocabulary
words from the vocab list on board (MG)
Question | Answer |
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Aspirate | to take liquid or solids into the lungs |
ingest | to take liquids or solids into the stomach |
sphincter | a tight valve that allows small amounts of liquid or solid to leave one area and go into another one, without returning back |
secrete | to put out a liquid (as a gland secretes enzymes) |
ducts | the openings out of a gland |
peristalsis | the involuntary wave-like movement of muscles around an organ such as the esophagus |
chyme | the semi-liquid mixture of food, liquids, enzymes and acids in the stomach |
bolus | the semi-solid food that is swallowed in a small chunk |