Digestive System 1

The main purpose of your digestive system

• chew food and poop

• take in energy

• disassemble food for use as energy

• take in O2 and get rid of CO2

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Chewing is _____ digestion

• mechanical

• chemical

• both

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As food moves through your stomach it is _______ digestion.

• mechanical

• chemical

• both

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The hardest thing in your body is

• your finger nails

• your skull

• your femur

• enamel on your teeth

Enzymes

• slow things down

• speed things up and break down

• slow things down then speed things up

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The enzyme _____ is in your mouth and breaks down _______.

• pepsin; protein

• amylase; starch

• bile; fat

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Chewed food in your mouth is called

• chyme

• amylase

• a bolus

The flap that keeps food from going down the wrong tube is the

• epiglottis

• espophagus

• throat thingy

Peristalsis

• is an acid

• removes nutrients from stomach

• is an enzyme

• moves through through the digestive tract

The enzyme in the stomach is _______ and it break down _____.

• pepsin; protein

• bile; fat

• amylase; starch

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