level: the digestive process
Questions and Answers List
level questions: the digestive process
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does the HCL do? | breaks down the food, kills pathogens |
| where is bile MADE | the LIVER |
| where is the bile STORED | in the GALL BLADDER |
| where is bile RELEASED into | the small intestine |
| what does bile do | emulsifies fats, so it creates a larger surface area, so lipase can work easier to fat molecules |
| what else does bile do | neutralises hcl |
| what does the vili do in the small intestine | provide a large surface area for absorbition, also maximised by the presence of microvili |
| speciliastion of small intensitenone | short diffuse distance, plenty supply of blood capilliries, presence of lacteals (for fat absorbiton) |
| what does goblet cells do | produce mucus which protects the lining of the small intestine |
| large intestine | water is reabsorbed |
| what is egestion | removal of faeces from the anus |
| what is excretion | removal of waste products of metabolsm |
| what is metabolism | rate of which chemical reactions take place |