Flashcards 1.1 Digestion

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Flashcards on digestion
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What does the respiratory system do? The respiratory system takes in oxygen.
What does the digestive system do? The digestive system makes food available in a form the body can use.
What does the circulatory system do? The circulatory system carries the food and oxygen to the cells where it is needed.
What does the excretory system do? The excretory system gets rid of the wastes.
What does the skeletal system do? The skeletal system supports the body and enables it to move.
What is digestion? Digestion is the process of breaking down food into a usable form and making the nutrients available.
What are the two types of digestion? The two types of digestion are mechanical and chemical digestion.
What is mechanical digestion? Mechanical digestion happens when you tear and chew food with your teeth.
What is chemical digestion? Chemical digestion happens when saliva in your mouth and gastric juice in your stomach break down your food.
What are the four types of teeth we have? -Canines -Incisors -Premolars -Molars
What do the canines do? The canine teeth don't have a significant function or job in humans but in animals, the long canines are used to hold onto the food as it is torn apart.
What do incisors do? The incisors are the pairs of teeth at the front and their job is to bite off pieces small enough to chew.
What do the molars and the premolars do? The premolars and molars grind the food into smaller and smaller pieces as you chew.
What is saliva? Saliva is a watery liquid produced by your salivary glands.
What does saliva do? Saliva contains a chemical that starts to change any starch in the food into glucose. It also moistens the food making it easy to swallow.
What is bolus? Bolus is when food is rolled into a ball by the tongue.
What is an oesophagus? The oesophagus is a long, muscular tube that has the mouth at one end and the stomach at its other.
What does the oesophagus do? The muscles of the oesophagus push the ball of food down the tube by contracting behind the ball.
What is peristalsis? Peristalsis is the process of pushing food through the digestive tract by altering contraction and relaxation of muscles.
What is epiglottis? The flap of skin in the oesaphagus that stops food from entering the windpipe.
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