Digestive System Chapter 7:11 Study Guide

Absorption of water and nutrients, store indigestible materials, and transport waste products out alimentary canal

List 3 functions of the large intestine

Secrets bike, stores sugar, stores iron, produces heparin, and detoxifies substances

List 5 functions of the liver

Produces pancreatic juice to digest food and produces insulin to regulate metabolism

What 2 secretions does the pancreas produce

Absorb most digested nutrients

What do blood capillaries do

Stores and concentrates bile

What is the function of the gallbladder

Pancreas

What is the glandular organ behind the stomach

bolus

after the food is chewed and mixed with saliva

peristalsis

the wavelike involuntary movement of muscles that causes the food to move in a forward direction through the digestive tract

aid in digestion of fats

what do lipase or steapsin do to food while it is in the small intestine

act on sugars

what do pancreatic amylase or amylopsin do to food while it is in the small intestine

complete digestion of proteins

what do peptidases do to food while it is in the small intestine

produce saliva that lubricates the mouth during speech and chewing and moistens food so it can be swallowed easily

what do salivary glands do

emulsifies fats

what does bile do to food while it is in the small intestine

break down sugar into simplest form

what does maltase do to food while it is in the small intestine

an enzyme called salivary amylase; carbohydrates or starches

what does saliva contain and what does it break down

break down sugar into simplest form

what does sucrase do to food while it is in the small intestine

act on proteins

what does trypsin do to food while it is in the small intestine

blood capillaries and lacteals

what does villi contain

the process of breaking down food by chewing and grinding

what is mastication

parotid, sublingual, and the submandibular

list the 3 pairs of salivary glands

Ascending, descending, transverse, and sigmoid

Name the 4 divisions of the colon

villi

fingerlike projections in the small intestine

allows a person to taste sweet, salty, sour, and bitter sensations; and aids in chewing and swallowing food

list 2 functions of the tongue

food is converted into chyme, hydrochloric acid kills bacteria, helps in absorption of iron, and activates the enzyme pepsin

list 4 things that happen in the stomach during digestion