W17 - The digestive system | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Name given to the population of good bacteria that live in our digestive tract

Microbiote

It's a muscular tube that connects the mouth to  the stomach

Esophagus

It's the organ of the digestive system where  digestion begins

Mouth

Name given to the muscular contractions that move food  through the digestive system

Peristalsis

It's when the cells of the digestive system  take in small molecules of digested food

Absorption

Name of the first part of the small intestine, where nutrients are digested

Duodene

It's the breakdown of food into smaller particles  that your body can use.

Digestion

The stomach carries out a type of chemical digestion using:

Stomach acid

It's the type of digestion in which food is chemically  broken down

Chemical digestion

This type of proteins help break down molecules and  catalyze chemical reactions

Enzymes

Thin, watery liquid made of food and gastric  juices

Chyme

State of total equilibrium in the body, while nutrients are being carried throughout the entire system

Homeostasis

Name of the enzyme that helps break down proteins

Pepsin

Type of acid found in the stomach

Hydrochloric acid

Name the two parts of the digestive system

Digestive tract and organs of the DS

It's the act of eating, or putting food in your mouth.

Ingestion

It's the type of digestion in which food is physically  broken down.

Mechanical digestion

Fingerlike structures in the small intestine that  absorb nutrients

Villi

Name of the organ that excretes the enzyme Amylase

Salivary glands

It's the removal of waste from your body.

Elimination

Excess of water will be absorbed in this part of the digestive tract

Large intestine

Name all 4 stages that food goes through when you eat it

Ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination

Large, hollow organ that temporarily stores food

Stomach