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Why are humans multicellular?
Give examples of different types of cells:
What is a tissue?
What is structure made up of a combination of multiple tissues to do a certain tasked referred to?
Give six examples of organ systems:
Define the term:
D I G E S T I O N
What is the term used for the pathway
that the food takes through a series of organs (from the mouth to the anus)?
What are the two types of digestion?
What is mechanical digestion?
What is chemical digestion?
What type of digestion is biting and chewing?
What are the four types of teeth?
What is the job if the incisors?
Do the incisors serve any purpose?
What is the oesophagus/foodpipe?
What is the name of the process of the muscular walls of the oesophagus contracting to get the bolus (ball of food) down the throat?
What is your epiglottis?
What are rings of muscle called?
True or False: The stomach is an organ shaped like a bag and can therefore store food for up to six hours.
What is gastric juice made out of?
If the small intestine is six metres long, why is it called 'small'?
Name two parts of the small intestine?
Is the pancreas apart of the digestive tract? What does it do?
What is the liver?
What is bile?
What are the villi?
Within the villi are tiny blood vessels called capillaries and they (both the villi and the capillaries) have cell-thin walls. What purpose does this serve?
What makes the large intestine 'large'? What does it do?
What is the anus?
How much of a lump of faeces is water?
Give me four types of digestive disorders:
What purpose does the appendix have in the body?
