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AP Biology chapter 36 essay
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Biology
11th Grade
02/26/2012

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Humans have a ______body plan and possess a complete ______that begins with the _____and ends with the ______.
Definition
tube within a tube; digestive tract; mouth; anus
Term
What are the two major stages of digestion?
Definition
chemical and mechanical
Term
What is mechanical digestion?
Definition
the pysical breakdown of food
Term
What is chemical digestion?
Definition
when enzymes are secreted by the digestive tract or accesory organs nearby to help breakdown food
Term
Food enters the mouth and the____and_____retain the food while it is chewed by the ______and mixed with _____and manipulated by the _____.
Definition
cheek and lips; teeth; saliva; tongue
Term
What enzyme _____begins the process or starch digestion.
Definition
salivary amylase
Term
When food is swallowed, the ____moves back to close off the ______and a flap of tissue called the _____covers the _____which is an opening to the trachea.
Definition
soft palate; nasopharynx; epioglottis; gottis;
Term
The food moves into the pharynx and then into the _____ because air passages are now blocked.
Definition
esophagus
Term
The ball of food moving through the body is called _____
Definition
bolus
Term
The esophagus moves the food to the _____.
Definition
stomach
Term
The muscular walls of the stomach contract viogrously and mmix food with ____that are excreted whenever food enters the stomach
Definition
juices
Term
Eventually, food mixing with the gastric juice of the stomach becomes ____ which has a rich creamy consistency.
Definition
chyme
Term
Where is the sphincter found and what does it do?
Definition
found at the base of a stomach; it surrounds a tube and it closes and opens the tube by contracting and relaxing
Term
Whenever the sphincter relaxes, what happens?
Definition
a small amount of chyme passes through the opening into the small intestine
Term
What is the first part of the small intestine called?
Definition
duodenum
Term
Where does bile come from and what does it do?
Definition
bile from the gall bladder comes into the small intestine and emulsifies fat
Term
Also pancreatic juice from the pancreas comes into the small intestine and _____.
Definition
neutralies chyme
Term
The wall of the small intestine contains projects called ____.
Definition
villi
Term
Nutrients are absorbed into the _____of the villus which has a _____.
Definition
vessels; blood capillary
Term
_____and _____enter the blood capilaries of the villus.
Definition
sugars and amino acids
Term
_____and _____enter the epithelial cells of the villi and are joined and packaged as _____.
Definition
glycerol and fatty acids; lipoprotein droplets
Term
The lipoprotein droplets enter a ____.
Definition
lacteal
Term
What is a lacteal?
Definition
a lymphatic capillary
Term
After nutrients are absorbed, where are they taken?
Definition
to the rest of the body through the bloodstream
Term
What are the four parts of the large intestine?
Definition
cecum, colon, rectum, anus
Term
What is the function of the colon?
Definition
it absorbs water during digestion
Term
The large intestine also contains a lot of _____which help breakdown nondigestible materials and produce some vitamins.
Definition
bacteria
Term
Digestive wastes eventually leave the body through the ____. Feces are ____ and _____.
Definition
anus; 75% water and 25% solid matter
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