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| What is bile? | a chemical made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder |
| Where is the duodenum? | the first 10 inches of small intestine |
| Which hormone does the pancreas produce that controls the body's sugar level? | insulin |
| Where does food get absorbed into the blood stream? | small intestine |
| What is peristalsis? | series of wave-like muscles contractions needed to carry food through the digestive system |
| What is the appendix? | a small protrusion of the large intestine. |
| What are feces? | a waste product of the digestive system |
| What is chemical digestion? | enzymes breaking down the food |
| What is mechanical digestion? | the physical movement of food through the digestive system |
| What is an ulcer? | hole in the stomach wall |
| What is the heimlick maneuver? | procedure to clear the air passages |
| What protects the lining of the stomach and nasal cavity? | mucus |
| What is the function of hydrochloric acid? | helps break down food in the stomach |
| What is heartburn? | burning feeling in the esophagus |
| What is helico pylorus? | bacteria that causes ulcers in the stomach |
| What is insulin? | hormone that regulates glucose levels in the blood |
| What is diabetes? | disease caused when the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin |
| What is appendicitis? | inflammation of the appendix |
| What is acid reflux? | when stomach acid enters the esophagus |
| What is bolus? | chewed food in your mouth |
| What is chyme? | partically digested food in your stomach |
| What is saliva? | digestive enzyme that starts chemical digestion in the mouth |
| What is the esophagus? | muscular food pipe |
| What is the pharynx? | the muscular passage between the mouth and esophagus |
| What is the epiglottis? | a flap of tissue that prevents food from going down the treachea when you swallow food |
| What is the trachea? | wind pipe |
| What happens in the stomach? | hydorchloric acid breaks down food |
| What is the function of villi? | absorbs nutrients in the small intestine and sends them into the bloodstream |
| What are enzymes? | chemicals that you body makes that speeds up digestion |
| What is on of the functions of the liver? | stores and releases sugars, starches, fats, vitamins & minerals |
| What are the five nutrients that the liver stores? | sugars, starches, fats, vitamins and minerals |
| The liver takes poisons out of the ... | blood |
| What is diabetes? | A sickness in which the body produces little or no insulin |
| What is the technique that can help save the life of a choking victim? | Heimlich maneuver |
| Why can't humans digest fiber? | They don't have the enzymes to break down many plant fibers. |
| Where is food absorbes? | Through the villi in the small intestines |
| Where does the undigested food and water go to after it's been to the small intestines? | large intestines |
| Which part of the digestive system stores and compacts the waste materials? | rectum |
| Where is chyme made? | in the stomach |
| What causes diarrhea? | when water isn't absorbed in the large intestine |
| What helps relieve heartburn by making stomach juices less acidic? | antacids |
| What is the name given when the mucus lining becomes too thin and bleed often occurs? | ulcers |
| What causes appendicitis | when fecal material clogs the appendix. The appendix get inflamed |
| What causes food to go "down the wrong pipe"? | the epiglottis is up and allow food enters the trachea |
| What does the enzyme in saliva chemically break down? | starches |
| Where does most mechanical digestion take place? | in the stomach |
| What are villi? | finger-like projections that allow nutrients to pass from the wall of the small intestines into the bloodstream |
