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Ingestion |
taking in of nutrients |
you take it in |
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Digestion |
breaking down of organic molecules into smaller complexes |
think about eating |
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Absorption |
transport of digested nutrients to the tissues of the body |
baccano |
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Egestion |
removal of materials from food that the body cant digest |
puking |
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Digestive tract |
an open-ended muscular tube |
canal |
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Esophagus |
food travels from the mouth through swallowing |
below the throat |
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Salivary amylase |
breaks down starches into smaller chained carbs (dextrins) |
think amylose but enyzmes |
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Peristalsis |
an involuntary contraction that moves food along the gastrointestinal tract |
the weird video |
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Stomach |
food storage; churns, mixes, and grinds good into liquid mass |
its pretty obv man |
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Cardiac/Esophageal spinchter |
closes the opening of to the stomach and allows food to enter |
close to the thoracic cavity |
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Pyloric sphincter |
regulates the movement of food and stomach acids to the small intestine |
the other opening of the stomach |
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Lumen |
open space inside a structure |
gut cavity |
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Chyme |
when food dissolves into liquid due to the gastric juice in the stomach |
like soup |
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Pepsinogen |
converts pepsin and breaks down proteins into peptones; it's activated by HCl into pepsin |
the before vers. of pepsin |
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Rennin |
slows the movement of milk through the gastrointestinal tract by coagulation |
kinda rhymes with ronin |
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Small intestine |
secretes enzymes that digest macromolecules; absorbs hydrolyzed molecules into the bloodstream |
looks like spaghetti |
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Duodenum |
where most of the digestion happen |
it has duo in it |
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Pancreas |
enzymes help to digest macromolecules; also secretes biocarbonate to neutralize stomach acid that enters it |
pancake |
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Secretin |
stimulates pancreatic and bile secretions; gets activated by prosecretin |
"dont tell anyone its a secret!" |
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Liver |
produces bile to emulsify fats; detoxifies harmful chemicals in the body |
ppl eat this (not human ones) |
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Cirrhosis |
where the scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue that prevents it from functioning properly |
sir-o-sis |
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Gallbladder |
stores bile until it's needed |
you pee i guess |
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Large intestine (colon) |
absorbs water and salt; stores wastes. |
sausage |
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Appendix |
stores good bacteria |
appendicitis |
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Epiglotis |
blocks the trachea to prevent you from choking |
hole in the throat |
