The digestive system

The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use....

• ingestion

• elimination

• digestion

• absorption

Occurs when the cells of the digestive system take in small molecules of digested food

• absorption

• digestion

• elimination

• ingestion

a type of digestion where food is physically broken into smaller pieces...

• chemical digestion

• indigestion

• mechanical digestion

• automatic digestion

A type of digestion where chemical reactions break down pieces of food into smaller molecules

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• indigestion

• such thing does not exist

proteins that help break down large molecules into smaller molecules

• enzymes

• bile

• gastric juice

• saliva

TRUE or FALSE:

Enzymes speed up, or catalyze the rate of chemical reactions.

• False

• True

TRUE OR FALSE:

Enzymes change the chemical reaction

• TRUE, but not entirely

• FALSE, they just speed it up

• FALSE, they have no role in chemical reactions

The digestive system produces enzymes that are specialized to help break down each type of

• food molecule

• chemical reaction

• bolus

• stool

What are the 2 parts that make up the digestive system?

• the digestive tract and the blood vessels

• the digestive tract and other organs (such as tongue and liver)

• All of the organs of the human body and the mouth

• the mouth and the stomach

___________ are enzymes that help break down carbohydrates.

• Amylase

• pepsin

• hydrogenase

• lipase