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Study material for the digestive unit-B. Poole

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What does the digestive system include?   the digestive tract and its accessory organs  
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What does the digestive tract include?   mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine  
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What are the accessory organs?   tongue, teeth, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas  
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Food undergoes these three processes in the body:   digestion, absorption, elimination  
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What is ingestion?   taking in food through the mouth  
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What is mechanical digestion?   when large pieces of food get broken down into smaller pieces through chewing in the mouth, and mixing in the stomach  
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What is chemical digestion?   when water and digestive enzymes break down the molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed and used by cells  
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What is peristalsis?   the movements that propel the food particles though the digestive tract  
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What is absorption?   when the simple molecules that result from chemical digestion pass through cell membranes into the blood or lymph capillaries. This happens in the small intestine.  
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What is elimination?   when the food molecules that cannot be digested or absorbed are passed through the body out the anus in the form of feces  
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About how long is the digestive tract?   About 9 meters (that's about 30 feet long!)  
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How many layers does the digestive tract "tube" contain?   four  
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Regions of the digestive system are divided into these two parts:   alimentary tract, and accessory organs  
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What makes up the alimentary tract?   mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum, and anus  
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What makes up the accessory organs? (things NOT included in alimentary tract)   salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas  
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How many teeth do adults have?   32  
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Where is the stomach located?   in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen  
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What is chyme?   the semi-fluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine (pronounced 'kime'-rhymes with 'lime')  
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The small intestine is divided into these three areas:   duodenum, jejunum, ileum  
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What does the large intestine consist of?   colon, rectum, and anal canal  
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What happens in the large intestine?   Water is absorbed and feces is eliminated  
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What are the six activities of the digestive system?   ingestion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, movements, absorption, and elimination  
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What are the four layers of the digestive tract?   mucosa, submucosa, muscular layer, and serous layer/serosa  
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