Digestive System Exam Vocab Review

Alternating waves of contraction and relaxation that push food along the GI tract.

• Peristalsis

• Mastication

• Mechanoreceptors

• Goblet Cells

Inherited disease that can cause

• Gallstones

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Appendicitis

• Hepatitis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Ball of partially digested food that is swallowed

(a)  

J-shaped muscular organ that secrets enzymes that digest proteins

(a)  

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Control digestive activity by detecting stretching of organ walls

(a)  

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Process of breaking large fat droplets into smaller ones to increase surface area for digestion

• Digestion

• Hepatitis

• Mastication

• Emulsification

Inflammation of pancreas caused by early activation of digestive enzymes

(a)  

Area behind nose and mouth that is a common passageway for food, air, or liquids

• Thorax

• Pharynx

• Esophagus

• Larynx

Thick, semi-liquid form of food that leaves the stomach

• Chyme

• Bolus

• Bile

• Food

Cells that secrete mucus in the large intestine to aid in defecation

(a)