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nln pax anatomy and physiology questions and answers 100% pass mechanical digestion ✔✔Part of digestion that uses movement and muscles to break down food into smaller pieces digestion ✔✔br... eaking down nutrients into small, soluble molecules that can be absorbed into the blood chemical digestion ✔✔the digestion process in which enzymes are used to break foods into their smaller chemical buiding blocks occurs via hydrolysis hydrolysis ✔✔A chemical process that lyses, or splits, molecules by the addition of water; an essential process in digestion. enzymes ✔✔molecules, usually proteins or nucleic acids, that act as catalysts in biochemical reactions used in chemical reactions humans digestion tube extends from ✔✔mouth to anus called alimentary canal anus ✔✔A muscular opening at the end of the rectum through which waste material is eliminated from the body alimentary canal ✔✔Also known as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of the digestive tract, the alimentary canal is the long muscular "tube" that includes the mouth esophagus, somatch, small intesitne, and large intestine. carries out stages of digestive process (mechanical and chemical digestion and absorb ion) accessory organs ✔✔In the GI tract, organs that play a role in digestion but not directly part of the alimentary canal. These include the liver, the gallbladder, the pancreas what takes place in the mouth? ✔✔mechanical digestion saliva is released from salivary glands to breakdown carbs salivary glands ✔✔three pairs of exocrine glands in the mouth that secrete saliva saliva ✔✔contain amylase amylase ✔✔enzyme in saliva that breaks the chemical bonds in starches pharynx ✔✔muscular tube at the end of the gastrovascular cavity, or throat, that connects the mouth with the rest of the digestive tract and serves as a passageway for air and food esophagus ✔✔muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach epiglottis ✔✔The flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe and prevents food from entering. what takes place in the stomach? ✔✔peristalsis gastric juices help breakdown proteins chyme is created peristalsis ✔✔involuntary waves of mus [Show More]
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