Digestion

Digestion

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List of Questions15 questions
  1. Question 1
    • proteins
  2. Question 2
    • energy
  3. Question 3
    • excessive heat
  4. Question 4
    • simple
  5. Question 5
    • small intestine
  6. Question 6
    • glucose
  7. Question 7
    • amino acids
  8. Question 8
    • physical
  9. Question 9
    • new
  10. Question 10
    • proteins
  11. Question 11
    • alimentary
  12. Question 12
    • ingestion
  13. Question 13
    • peristalsis
  14. Question 14
    • proteases
  15. Question 15
    • water
List of Flashcards15 flashcards
  1. Card 1
    HintIt's what your body does to food after you eat it.Memory TipDigest: Break down food.
  2. Card 2
    HintComponents include carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, found in rice and bread.Memory TipCarbs = Energy!
  3. Card 3
    HintThink of butter, margarine, and cheese.Memory TipFats: Double energy, insulation.
  4. Card 4
    HintFound in meat, fish, and eggs.Memory TipProteins: Build and repair.
  5. Card 5
    HintThink chewing or churning.Memory TipPhysical: Just breaking apart.
  6. Card 6
    HintThis process involves enzymes.Memory TipChemical: Changes identity.
  7. Card 7
    HintThey have specific 'active sites' for food substances.Memory TipEnzymes: Digestion catalysts.
  8. Card 8
    HintIt's like a 'lock and key' mechanism.Memory TipActive site: Enzyme's workplace.
  9. Card 9
    HintIt's what the enzyme 'works on'.Memory TipSubstrate: Enzyme's target.
  10. Card 10
    HintAlso known as the gut.Memory TipAlimentary: Food's long path.
  11. Card 11
    HintThe very first step of eating.Memory TipIngest: Eat food.
  12. Card 12
    HintIt's how food travels down your throat.Memory TipPeristalsis: Muscle pushes food.
  13. Card 13
    HintThis substance is acidic after stomach digestion.Memory TipChyme: Stomach's digested food.
  14. Card 14
    HintThis process happens in the small intestine, involving bile.Memory TipEmulsify: Break down fats.
  15. Card 15
    HintThey help absorb nutrients into the bloodstream.Memory TipVilli: Absorb food like fingers.