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Section 38.2: The Process of Digestion

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What is the name of the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?esophagus
Which organ produces a substance that helps neutralize stomach acids as they enter the small intestine?The pancreas
Where does chemical digestion of food start?In the mouth when salivary amylase starts breaking down complex carbohydrates
Where does physical digestion of food start?In the mouth when food is broken into smaller chunks by mastication (chewing)
How is food mechanically digested in the stomach?Strong muscular contractions of the stomach grind the food
The stomach breaks down food into a soft partially digested mixture called ____.chyme
The enzyme called amylase breaks down ___.carbohydrates
Water is extracted from undigested food and sent into the bloodstream while the food passes through the ___.large intestine
The stomach breaks down mainly ___.proteins
Lipids are broken down in the ___.small intestine
Carbohydrates are broken down in the ___.mouth and small intestine
Where in the digestive tract do digested foods leave the digestive tract to enter the bloodstream?small intestine
Where do digested foods go after they leave the small intestine?bloodstream
Where does undigested food go after it leaves the bloodstream?large intestine-->rectum-->anus-->out
_____ pushes food down your esophagus into your stomach.Peristalsis (wave-like contractions of the muscles surrounding the esophagus),
Lipase is an enzyme that breaks down ___.Lipids (which include fats and oils)
Pepsin and peptidase are enzymes that break down ___.proteins
The large organ that lies above the stomach and produces bile is called the ____.liver
____ is a substance that is produced in the liver and is released by the gall bladder into the small intestine in order to break up fats into smaller droplets.Bile
If part of the stomach wall digests itself, a(n) ___ will develop.ulcer
Stomach juices have a ___ pH and would be described as being ___.low pH, acidic
What are two organs that are part of the digestive system, but not the digestive tract?Pancreas and liver (food doesn't pass through them. They produce substances that get dumped into the digestive tract to help with digestion),
The small fingerlike projections on the inside of the small intestine that help increase absorption of food by increasing the surface area that food comes in contact with are called ___.Villi and Microvilli,
Villi and microvilli are small fingerlike projections on the inside of the small intestine that help increase absorption of food by increasing the ___ that food comes in contact with.surface area,


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