Mammalian Digestive System

What word do we use to describe a living thing that must consume other organisms to obtain nutrients?

Describe the difference between ingestion and digestion.

Name an organ in the human digestive system

What are the two types of digestion?

• Chemical digestion

• Kinetic

  digestion

• Stomach digestion

• Mechanical digestion

• Absorption digestion

Name a structure that aids in the mechanical digestion of food.

What enzyme, found in the saliva, chemically digests carbohydrates and breaks them down into simple sugars?

What structure prevents food from travelling down the trachea and towards the lungs?

Wave-like muscle contractions which push food along the gastrointestinal tract

• Homeostasis

• The toothpaste tube effect

• Perpendicular

• Peristalsis

The stomach contains a strong acid (HCl) to help chemically digest food.

What prevents this acid from digesting the stomach itself.

Partially digested food mixed with digestive juices, is known as...