The Digestive System

What are the 4 steps of digestion? (in order)

• ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

• digestion, absorption, elimination, ingestion

• ingestion, congestion, pregestion, elimination

• pre-gestion, congestion, digestion, elimination

• hard question, Sugestion, analyzation, pretention

The act of eating or putting food in the mouth

• digestion

• ingestion

• absorption

• elimination

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

the removal of undigested food and other wastes from the body

• absorption

• elimination

• digestion

• ingestion

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

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• indigestion

• automatic digestion

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

• mechanical digestion

• indigestion

• chemical digestion

• such thing does not exist

proteins that help break down large molecules into smaller molecules

• enzymes

• saliva

• bili

• gastric juice

TRUE or FALSE:

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

• FALSE

• TRUE

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

• food molecule

• chemical reaction

• bolus

• stool