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Digestive System Quiz (29.1-29.3)

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Alimentary canal   The digestive tube that extends from the mouth to the anus.  
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Saliva   A liquid secreted into the mouth that contains mucus and digestive enzymes that start chemical digestion.  
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Bolus   The chewed clump of food that leaves the mouth and travels through the alimentary canal.  
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Pharynx   The upper portion of the throat; Also the junction of the alimentary canal and the trachea.  
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Esophagus   The muscle-encased tube of the alimentary canal that transports food from the pharynx to the stomach.  
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Peristalsis   A series of smooth muscle contractions that push food through the alimentary canal.  
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Stomach   The elastic, muscular sac where some chemical and some mechanical digestion takes place.  
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Chyme   A liquid mixture of food and stomach fluids released from the stomach into the small intestine.  
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Small intestine   The long, narrow tube where digestion is completed and most absorption occurs.  
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Liver   The largest organ in the body. It performs many functions such as producing bile, storing glucose as glycogen, and transforming ammonia to urea.  
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Gall bladder   The organ that stores the bile from the liver and releases it into the small intestine.  
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Pancreas   The gland that makes digestive enzymes and secretes them into the small intestine. It also makes the hormones insulin and glucagon and secretes them into the blood.  
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Villus (plural: villi)   The fingerlike projection of the inner surface of the small intestine that functions in absorbing nutrients.  
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Large intestine   The portion of the alimentary canal from which water is reabsorbed into the body.  
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Feces   The undigested food material and other waste products that exit the body through the anus.  
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Nutrition   The process of how your body obtains raw materials from food.  
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Digestion   The process of breaking down food into molecules small enough for the body to absorb.  
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Absorption   The stage of digestion wherein certain cells absorb small molecules such as glucose sugar, water, vitamins, and minerals.  
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Elimination   The stage of digestion wherein undigested material passes out of the body  
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Mechanical digestion   The process of breaking food down into smaller pieces by chewing, grinding, and mashing the food.  
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Chemical digestion   The process of digestion wherein chemical bonds within larger food molecules are broken into smaller, different molecules that can be absorbed in the intestines.  
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Essential nutrients   Materials that must be ingested (eaten) because your cells cannot construct them from other molecules. Nutrients that you need!  
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What are the six types of nutrients found in food?   carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water  
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What are the four stages of food processing?   ingestion->digestion->absorption->elimination  
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Polysaccharide   Starch molecule made of many saccharide (sugar) molecules  
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Monosaccharide   A single sugar molecule, like glucose or fructose  
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Kinetic energy   The energy of motion  
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Diffusion   The movement of particles from a region in which they are higher in concentration to regions of lower concentration.  
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Concentration gradient   The process of particles, which are sometimes called solutes, moving through a solution or gas from an area with a higher number of particles to an area with a lower number of particles.  
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Osmosis   The diffusion of a substance through a semipermeable membrane from a more dilute solution (less concentrated) to a more concentrated solution.  
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Semipermeable membrane   A barrier that permits the passage of some substances but not others.  
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