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level: Digestion

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level questions: Digestion

Question	Answer
What is the definition of digestion?	The breaking down of food
What is the term used to describe the breaking down of food in the mouth by chewing?	Mechanically
What is the term used to describe the breaking down of food in the digestive system?	Chemically
What is the name of the chemicals that break down food within the body?	Enzymes
What is the term used to describe the route taken by food from when it enters to when it leaves the body?	The alimentary canal
What is the first part of the alimentary canal, where food is chewed and mixed with saliva?	Mouth
What is the name of the food pipe that links the mouth to the stomach?	Oesophagus
What is the part of the alimentary canal where food is mixed with protease enzymes to digest protein, and is churned up by the muscular wall?	Stomach
What is the part of the alimentary canal where bile is produced, breaking down fats?	Liver
What is the part of the alimentary canal that contains glandular tissue that produces the enzymes protease, carbohydrase and lipase ?	Pancreas
What is the part of the alimentary canal that produces more enzymes to further break down food, as well as absorb through the wall into the blood?	Small intestine
What is the part of the alimentary canal where water is absorbed?	Large intestine
What is the final part of the alimentary canal where food waste is stored until it is released from the body?	Rectum
What is the term used to describe food molecules that can't pass through the gut wall, therefore needing to be broken down by enzymes?	Insoluble
What is the name of the tiny finger like growths that cover the wall of the small intestine, that absorb food?	Villi
What useful organisms are naturally present in the gut that produces enzymes, vitamins, and useful hormones?	Bacteria