digestive system Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Term | Definition |
Ingestion | food is taken into the alimentary canal |
Digestion | food is broken down into smaller soluble pieces |
Absorption | the movement of digested food from the alimentary canal into the blood system |
Egestion | removal of unabsorbed food as feces |
mechanical breakdown of food | teeth/ contractions in stomach wall/peristalsis |
human teeth | incisors/canines/pre molars/molars |
human dental formula | the number of each type of tooth in the upper jaw one side of the mouth |
dental formula | 2(i2/2 c 1/1 pm 2/2 m 3/3) |
oesophagus | connects larynx to stomach food moves down threw oesophagus by peristalsis |
stomach | stores food for 4 hours |
chyme | churns and mixes food with gastric juice |
functions of gastric juice | mucus HCL |
mucus | lines and protects stomach wall |
HCL | kills bacteria in food |
small intestine | muscular tube |
function of small intestine | digestion and obsorption |
Created by:
shaunatuite
Popular Biology sets