The Digestive System (Bio201)
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Sundanese | English |
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| salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder, teeth, tongue |  What are the accessory structures of the Digestive System? |
| mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine | What are the major organs of the Digestive System? |
| esophagus | The digestive tube between the pharynx and the stomach |
| oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus | The correct sequence of a food particle moving through the digestive tract |
| carbohydrates | Salivary amylase is an enzyme, produced and released by the salivary glands, that partially digests what nutrients? |
| epiglottis; trachea | During the swallowing process, the ______ closes off the ______. |
| meats, such as steak | What foods will spend the most time in the stomach? |
| peristalsis | Waves of muscular contractions that propel the contents of the digestive tract from one point to another |
| jejunum | The bulk of chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream occurs in what part of the small intestine? |
| trypsin | An enzyme that will digest proteins into polypeptides |
| denaturation of protein, storage of ingested food, mechanical breakdown of food, production of intrinsic factor, breakdown of chemical bonds in food items | What are functions of the stomach? |
| duodenum, jejunum, ileum | The three divisions of the small intestines |
| fats | Bile salts are responsible for the digestion and absorption of what? |
| secretin | The intestinal hormone that stimulates the pancreas to release a watery secretion that is high in bicarbonate ions |
| absorption and preparation of fecal material for elimination, absorption of important vitamins freed by bacterial action, storage of fecal material | The major functions of the large intestine |
| cecum, colon, and rectum | Major regions of the large intestine |
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