Digestive system

Define the term ingestion

• The movement of nutrients from the digestive system into the blood

• The removal of undigested food from the body

• The breaking down of large insoluble molecules into small soluble molecules

• The taking in of nutrients.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Define the term digestion

• The movement of nutrients from the digestive system into the blood

• The removal of undigested food from the body

• The breaking down of large insoluble molecules into small soluble molecules

• The taking in of nutrients.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Define the term egestion

• The movement of nutrients from the digestive system into the blood

• The removal of undigested food from the body

• The breaking down of large insoluble molecules into small soluble molecules

• The taking in of nutrients.

What gland produces amylase?

• Liver

• Gall bladder

• Salivary gland

• stomach

Which term describes the movement of food down the oesophagus by a wave of muscular contraction

• Diffusion

• Peristalsis

• Chyme

• Bolus

What word is used to describe food which has been mixed with saliva.

• Chyme

• Bolus

• Churning

• Mucus

What is the acid produced in the stomach?

• Sulphuric acid

• Nitric acid

• Hydrochloric acid

• Acetic acid

What part of the small intestine does the digestion of nutrients finish?

• Ilium

• Duodenum

• Gall Bladder

• Liver

What part of the small intestine are nutrients absorbed into the blood?

• Ilium

• Duodenum

• Gall Bladder

• Liver

What is absorbed into the blood from the large intestine?

• Digested nutrients

• Fibre

• Water

• Chyme