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DIGESTION FLASHCARDS
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- 1WHAT IS A RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?A RESPIRATORY SYSTEM TAKES IN OXYGEN.
- 2WHAT IS A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?A DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MAKES FOOD AVAILABLE IN A FORM THE BODY CAN USE.
- 3WHAT IS A CIRCULATORY SYSTEM?A CIRCULATORY SYSTEM CARRIES THE FOOD AND OXYGEN TO THE CELLS WHERE IT IS NEEDED.
- 4WHAT IS AN EXCRETORY SYSTEM?THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM GETS READ OF WASTE.
- 5WHAT IS THE SKELETAL SYSTEM?THE SKELETAL SYSTEM SUPPORTS THE BODY AND ENABLES IT TO MOVE.
- 6WHAT IS DIGESTION?DIGESTION IS THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN FOOD INTO A USEABLE FORM AND MAKING THE NUTRIENTS AVAILABLE.
- 7WHERE DOES DIGESTION TAKE PLACE?DIGESTION TAKES PLACE IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
- 8WHAT IS YOUR OESOPHAGUS?YOUR OESOPHAGUS IS A LONG MUSCULAR TUBE THAT HAS THE MOUTH AT ONE END AND THE STOMACH AT ITS OTHER END.
- 9WHAT IS PERISTALSIS?THE MUSCLES OF THE OESOPHAGUS PUSH THE BALL OF FOOD DOWN THE TUBE BY CONTRACTING BEHIND THE BALL . THE MUSLES THEN RELAX .
- 10WHAT IS EPIGLOTTIS?THE FLAP OF SKIN IN THE OESOPHAGUS THAT STOPS FOOD ENTERING THE WINDPIPE.
- 11WHAT IS AN ORGAN?AN ORGAN IS A STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TISSUE THAT WORK TOGETHER TO COMPLETE A TASK.
- 12WHAT IS A CELL?A CELL IS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL LIVING THINGS.
- 13WHAT IS A TISSUE ?A TISSUE IS A GROUP OF CELLS OF THE SAME TYPE THAT CARRY OUT THE SAME JOB IN THE BODY.
- 14WHERE DOES THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION START?THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION STARTS WITH YOUR TEETH.
- 15HOW MANY TYPES OF DIGESTION ARE THERE?THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DIGESTION.
- 16WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF DIGESTION CALLED?THE TWO TYPES OF DIGESTION ARE CALLED MECHANICAL DIGESTION AND TYPICAL DIGESTION.
- 17WHAT IS A BOLUS?A BOLUS IS FOOD ROLLED INTO A BALL BY THE TONGUE.
- 18WHAT IS MECHANICAL DIGESTION?MECHANICAL DIGESTION IS WHEN THE FOOD IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES.MECHANICAL DIGESTIONIS A PHYSICAL CHANGE BECAUSE NO NEW SUBSTANCES ARE MADE.
- 19WHAT IS CHEMICAL DIGESTION?IN CHEMICAL DIGESTION THE LARGE, COMPLEX SUBSTANCES IN THE FOOD ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLER CHEMICALS.
- 20HOW MANY TYPES OF TEETH DO WE HAVE?YOU HAVE FOUR TYPES OF TEETH: INCISORS, CANINES, PREMOLARS AND MOLARS.
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