Digestive System Functions and Food Processing Stages

Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Egestion

To close over the trachea, preventing food from entering it

Fungiform, Filiform, Vallate

<p>Helps break down starch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To grip the food and contain taste buds</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Salivary amylase or ptyalin, which is a carbohydrate splitting enzyme</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the bolus passes into the esophagus and not down the windpipe</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a mixture of stomach acid, mucus, and enzymes; it helps in breaking down proteins and lipids, and protects the stomach lining</p> Signup and view all the answers