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organisation (digestion) -CH3
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epithelial tissues
skin, tissue that covers organs to protect them
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digestion
breakdown of food particles so that they’re small enough to be absorbed into the blood
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mouth
physical breakdown with tongue. teeth and amalayse
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oesophagus
tube that carries out peristalsis during journey to stomach
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liver
releases bile into the small intestine to emulsify lipids into smaller pieces
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pancreas
organ that releases digestive juices to break down food and neutralises the chyme so enzymes don’t denature
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small intestine
the small digested molecules are absorbed into the blood stream
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large intestine
water is absorbed by blood leaving faeces
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rectum
faeces stored here
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anus
muscular ring through where faeces passes out
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excretion
only things which pass through body like faeces
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egestion
wastes the body makes like sweat and urine
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benedict’s solution
blue solution turns red with glucose after heated, green with a small amount
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iodine
orangey brown solutions turns blue black with starch
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biuret solution
blue solution turns purple with protein
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ethanol and water
lipids go cloudy white when mixed with this
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simple carbs
simple sugar scalled monosaccharides which are used in respiration
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proteins
made of amino acids, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen form tissues, enzymes and hormones
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lipids
fats and oils which are a source of energy and form cell membranes, hormones and nerve cells
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enzymes
biological catalysts, proteins
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denature
active site changes shape