digestion

Which digestive organ is the longest?

• Esophagus

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

• Stomach

What is the liver's function in the digestive system?

• It produces bile

• It controls blood sugar

• It stores digested food

• It removes solid waste

What chemical breaks down Fat?

• Water

• Saliva

• Sodium

• Bile

Where in the respiratory tract does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?

• Larynx
• Bronchi
• Trachea
• Alveoli

Breakdown of food substances (polymers) into simple forms (monomers) that can be absorbed and used for metabolism.

• Digestion
• Alveoli

• Synthesis
• Pancreas

Enzymes break down food into smaller molecules (glucose, amino acids, fatty acids)

• Digestion
• Digestive Enzyme

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

Food is physically broken into smaller pieces.  

Ex. teeth cutting, stomach churning, acid and bile.

• Chemical digestion
• Emotional digestion
• Digestive Enzyme

• Mechanical digestion

Rhythmic muscular contractions that squeeze food through the digestive tract, beginning in the esophagus to the stomach, small intestine and large intestine.

• Digestion
• Epiglottis

• Villli

• Peristalsis

A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction (catalyst) in a living thing. Each one only works on a specific shaped substrate and can be denatured by temperature and pH.

• Denature

• Diffusion

• Digestive Enzyme

• Protein

To modify the shape of an enzyme with a change in temperature or pH to the point where it will not work.

• Peristalsis

• Inhibition
• Denature

• Epiglottis