Digestive system Worksheet 1

Bringing food into the body through the mouth is Mastication

called:

Swallowing is properly called: Deglutination

Breaking food down into its monomers is called: Hydrolysis

Bringing the monomers from the digestive lumen Absorption

into the bloodstream or lacteal is called:
Elimination of solids from the body is called: Defecation

List the parts of the alimentary canal in order here. List the accessory organs here
Don’t forget the different parts of the small and
large intestine.
1. Salivary glands
1. Parotid gland
2. Pancreas
2. Salivary gland
3. Liver
3. Esophagus
4. Gall bladder
4. Stomach
5. Spleen
6. Duodenum
7. Small intestine
8. Large intestine (colon)
9. Appendix
10. Rectum
11. Anus

Name two ways to do mechanical digestion 1. Mastication

2. Segmentation

What happens during hydrolysis?

This is the Use of water and specific enzymes (sucrase and lipase) to break down covalent
chemical bonds

How do we add water to the food in the digestive system?

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By adding water to the digestive system known as mucus

If water is what breaks foods down, why do we need enzymes?

To break down the additional bonds that hold food particles together

The layer of serous membrane ON the digestive Peritoneum

organs is called:
The layer of serous membrane LINING the cavity Peritoneum
for digestive organs is called:
The fluid between the layers is called: Peritoneal fluid

Where would you find the greater omentum?

Attached to the greater curvature of the stomach

Where would you find the lesser omentum?

Lies between the lesser curvature of the stomach

What is the function of the mesocolon?

Acts as an avenue for abdominal cavity and pelvis
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The food is in a space called the

____lumen_________.
The innermost layer is called the
______mucosa__________________.
Then there is the
__submucosa_____________, a layer of
connective tissue that contains many
glands.
Then there is a double layer of ___smooth
muscle called the
_________muscularis________________
____.
The inner layer is ____circular_______,
the outer layer is _____circular_______.
Outside the muscle layers, there is
connective tissue called the
_____longitudinal________.

The nerves which tell the glands to secrete are found in the ___tunica submucosa___________
and are called the ___submucosal__________ plexus.
The nerves which tell the smooth muscle to contract are found between the
____circular_________ and ___longitudinal________ layers. They are called the
___myenteric__________ plexus.
On muscle On glands
What effect will the sympathetic NS have on the Contraction of Inhibition of
digestive system? sphincters and blood secretion and
vessels motor activity
What effect will the parasympathetic NS have on Relaxes sphincter Enhance gastric
the digestive system? muscles secretion