Vet Med Term. Ch6: Gut Instincts (Digestion)

__ are the substances that chemically change another substance and typically end with —ase

Enzymes

— is the process involved in the body’s use of nutrients

Metabolism

__ is the building of the body cells and substances and —- is the breakdown of body cells and substances.

Anabolisum

Catabolism

The small intertine contains tiny hairline projections called— with a single projection called —-.

Villi

Villus

Combining form: vill/i

The blind sacs are called—-, which is a valley of the intestinal mucous membrane lining the small intestine

Crypts

— or grasping of food, involves collecting food in the oral cavity

prehension

— breaks foot into smaller pieces and mixes the ingesta with saliva

Mastication

— moves chewed ingesta into the pharynx and into the esophagus.

Deglutition

— is the series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscles. This and gravity helps food move down esophagus

Peristalsis

The true glandular stomach contains __ and the enzymes —- and —-. The muscular action of the stomach mixes the ingesta with the gastric juices to convert food into chyme.

Hydrochoric acid

Pepsin

Lipase

— is the semifluid mass of partely digested food that passe from the stomach.

Chyme

Food moves throught he small intestine by peristaltic action and —.

Digestion is completed in the duodenum after chyme has mixed with bile and pancreatic secretions.

Segmentation

Digested food is absorbed in the small intertine; another form of absorption is called —.

Assimilation

Excess water is absorbed from the waste and solid feces are formed with __ being the emptying of the bowels.

Defecation