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Mechanical
Digestion where food is broken up into physically smaller pieces.
Chemical
Digestion where the bonds in food are broken.
Chemical
Digestion where food molecules are turned into smaller molecules.
Mechanical
Chewing is an example of what type of digestion?
Mechanical
Peristalsis is considered to be what type of digestion?
Mouth
Food enters the alimentary canal here.
Teeth
The mouth contains:
Salivary Glands
The mouth contains:
Tongue
The mouth contains:
Mechanical
Teeth help the mouth carry out what type of digestion?
Teeth Tongue
Mechanical digestion in the mouth is carried out by what parts of the mouth?
Incisors
There are four types of teeth:
Canines
There are four types of teeth:
Premolars
There are four types of teeth:
Molars
There are four types of teeth:
Incisors
Which teeth cut food?
Canines
Which teeth pierce and tear food?
Premolars Molars
Which types of teeth grind food?
Salivary Glands
What in the mouth produces saliva?
Amylase
What enzyme does saliva contain?
Saliva
What in the mouth is responsible for chemical digestion?
Chemical Digestion
Saliva has five roles in the mouth:
Lubricates mouth and food
Saliva has five roles in the mouth:
Dissolves food for taste
Saliva has five roles in the mouth:
Holds bolus together
Saliva has five roles in the mouth:
Contains antibodies
Saliva has five roles in the mouth:
Tongue
In the mouth what helps to mix food with saliva?
Oesophagus
What structure connects the mouth to the stomach?
Peristalsis
What process moves food along the alimentary canal?
Peristalsis
The rhythmical wave like contractions of smooth muscle is called?
Mechanical
Peristalsis helps what type of digestion?
Chyme
Food in the stomach is called?
Protease
What type of enzyme in found in the stomach?
Stomach
Where in the digestive system is gastric pepsin found?
Hydrochloric acid
What in the stomach kills bacteria?
Duodenum
The small intestines have three sections:
Jejunum
The small intestines have three sections:
Ilium
The small intestines have three sections:
Pancreatic Duct
The pancreas is connected to the duodenum via what?
Starch
Pancreatic amylase acts on what?
Disaccharides
Pancreatic amylase turns starches into?