What is the purpose of the Digestive system?
To break down nutrients, to use them for energy, growth and repair.
What are the two types of digestion?
Mechanical digestion (Mouth: chewing, Stomach: churning)
chemical digestion (Mouth: enzymes, Stomach: acid of 2)
What are the seven parts of the Digestive system?
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large intestine
Rectum
Anus
What are the three Accessory Organs?
Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas
What is the Buccal Cavity and what are parts of it?
Swallowing what covers the trachea (windpipe) ?
the epiglottis covers the trachea so food goes down the Esophagus
What is important for the Esophagus?
What is the Gastric and what is important about it?
What are the two last parts of the digestive system?
What does the Accessory Organ Pancreas?
which Accessory Organ produces bile?
The Liver
Which Accessory Organ stores the Bile?
The Gallbladder
How long is the small intestine and what are the three sections?
The small intestine is 6m or 15-20feet
what Intestine absorbs water and salts?
The nutrition absorption of the Small Intestine.
What are the five ring like muscles that control opening and closing?
What are the four main things about Enzymes?
Are made out of protein
Act as a biological catalyst
Are very specific
can be reusable
Give three examples for enzymes?
Lipase (fats)
protase (protein)
Amylase (Starch)
Metabolism is a chemical reaction in the cells to produce energy by breaking down nutrients.
What are the types of it and what is special about?
an Inhibitor is one of the four things that effect the Reaction rate of Enzymes, what is an Inhibitor?
What are the two types of diabetes?
What is the community of the Gut Microbiome?
a mix out of bacteria, viruses and fungi they help down to digest the food
What are Macronutrients and Micronutrients?
Macronutrients are charbohydrates, proteins and fats
Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals
what are the macros for fat, protein, carbohydrates and (alcohol)
How many calories should I eat and on what dipends it?
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