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Digestive System Test

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Definition
When food is_______ and broken down into_____ ______   Mashed, Smaller Pieces  
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When ____ produced by ____ breaks ____ into _______ and ______.   Saliva, Glands, Carbohydrates, Simple Sugars, Nutrients  
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What Kind(s) of digestion were at work when the cracker was in your mouth and you were NOT chewing?   Chemical  
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What Kind(s) of digestion were at work when the cracker was in your mouth and you WERE chewing?   Mechanical and Chemical  
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The fluid in your ____ by _______ Two Main Functions: 1.____________ 2.________   Mouth, Salivary Glands Break down carbohydrates Soften your food  
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Digestive System   A series of tube like organs called the digestive tract.  
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Digestive Tract   Food passes through  
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Organs   Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Rectum, Anus  
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Mechanical Digestion   the breaking, mashing, and grinding of the food  
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Chemical Digestion   large molecules are broken down into nutrients  
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Teeth   Help the Mechanical digestion breaking down into smaller pieces  
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Enamel   The hardest material in the body  
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Molars   grinding the food  
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Premolars   mashing the food  
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Incisors, Canines   Shredding the food  
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Saliva   Contains the enzymes that start chemical digestion  
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Esophagus   Squeezes the food with rhythmic muscle contractions  
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Stomach   Digestive organ attached to the esophagus  
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Digestion   stomach squeezes food with muscle contractions  
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Enzymes   break down food into nutrients  
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Chyme   Partial Digested food in the stomach  
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Pancreas   makes fluids that protect the small intestine from the stomach acid  
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Small Intestine   Absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream through villi  
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Liver helps with digestion by: 1. 2. 3.   makes bile to break up fat stores nutrients breaks down toxins  
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gallbladder   stores bile made from the liver  
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large intestine   absorbs excess water and turns the rest on chyme into human waste and then it is released out of the body  
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Where does mechanical digestion take place?   Mouth and Stomach  
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Where does chemical digestion take place?   Mouth and Intestines  
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Peristalsis   Rhythmic muscle contractions that forces the food into the stomach  
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What occurs in the stomach?   Mechanical and Chemical digestion; Acid= chemical Muscle contractions= mechanical  
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Could chemical digestion take place if mechanical digestion did not occur first?   No! Chemical digestion relies on the mechanical digestion to break food down into smaller pieces.  
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After nutrients are broken down, where do they go?   villi, finger like projections lets the nutrients pass into the bloodstream.  
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