Science organ flashcards
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soccercuti4 on March 4, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mouth | Beginning, mechanical digestion-teeth and chemical digestion-saliva |
| Teeth | tear and grind food |
| Salivary glands | produce saliva~mechanical digestion~chemical digestion:amylase~breaks down starch into sugar~moistening the food helps swallow |
| Esophagus | directs food to stomach~peristalsis:muscle action |
| Stomach | mechanical digestion~sloshes and squeezes food~pepsin:starts to break down proteins~adds HCL acid and pepsin |
| Small intestine | most chemical digestion and absorption~complex sugars- now simple sugars~proteins-now amino acids~ fat-now emulsified |
| Large intestine | absorbs water |
| Appendix | h |
| Rectum | collects and stores waste |
| Anus | excretes waste (elimination) |
| Pancreas | adds digestive chemicals~trypsin:continues to break down proteins |
| Liver | produces bile~ bile: emulsifies fat (fat turns into little drops) |
| Gall bladder | stores bile |
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