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____ is breaking down nutrients into small, soluable molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood - (answers)digestion
___ breaking food into smaller pieces - (answers)mechanical digestion
____ breaking nutrients into small molecules - (answers)chemical digestions
____ splitting molecules by adding water - (answers)hydrolysis
proteins that speed up chemical reactions - (answers)enzymes
The tube called ______, extends between two openings: the mouth and the anus -
(answers)alimentary canal
The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas are ___ - (answers)accessory organs
_____ makes it easier to both swallow and digest - (answers)surface area
The presence of food stimulates the ____ to release saliva, which contains the enzyme amylase -
(answers)salivary glands
__ breaks down starch into small carbohydrate molecules - (answers)amylase
Where are the two smaller carbohydrate molecules? - (answers)monosaccharides and
disaccharides
,throat - (answers)pharynx
From the esophagus, the food is passed to the _____ by muscular contractions -
(answers)stomach
muscular contractions - (answers)peristalsis
____ is made up of hydrochloric acid and proteases - (answers)gastric juice
protein digesting enzymes - (answers)proteases
The smooth muscles of the stomach mix the partially digested food, and the result is a liquid
called ____ - (answers)chyme
The part of the digestive system in which most chemical digestion takes place - (answers)small
intestine
____ is released to the small intestine - (answers)chyme
Controls passage of food from stomach to small intestine - (answers)pyloric sphincter
____ produces bile - (answers)liver
A substance stored in the gallbladder - (answers)bile
This accessory organ helps breakdown fats - (answers)gallbladder
The ___ supplies a number of enzymes needed for digestion - (answers)pancreas
,the small intestine is lined with ___ - (answers)villi
Undigested food is moved to the ____, or ___, which is responsible for reabsorbing water that's
entered the alimentary canal - (answers)large intestine, colon
feces or waste move along the colon, become solidified, and are stored in the ____ -
(answers)rectum
elimination from the body - (answers)egestion
Diarrhea is a result of peristalsis moving feces through the ___ to quickly, water isn't reabsorbed
- (answers)colon
Constipation is from too little peristalsis and there is to much _____ of water -
(answers)reabsorption
The ____ system is made up of the heart, blood vessels, and blood - (answers)cardiovascular
The heart consist of four chambers: two ___ and two ____ - (answers)atria(singular: atrium) and
ventricles
receive blood - (answers)the two atria
pumps blood to the body - (answers)ventricles
Blood enters the right atrium from the upper and lower body through veins called the ____ and
the ____ - (answers)superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava
blood then passes through an _____ into the right ventricle - (answers)atrioventricular valve
, The right ventricle pumps blood through the semilunar valve into the ______, which carry the
blood to the lungs - (answers)pulmonary arteries
This blood(the blood flowing through the heart) is ____ and becomes ____ in the lungs, where
gas exchange occurs - (answers)deoxygenated, oxygenated
Newly oxygenated blood leaves the lungs via the _____, which returns blood to the left atrium -
(answers)pulmonary viens
After newly oxygenated blood leaves the lungs, is passes though another ____ to the left
ventricle - (answers)atrioventricular valve
Muscular contractions of the left ventricle pump blood through the ___ to all parts of the body -
(answers)aorta
when the heart contracts, pressure increases which is called ___ - (answers)systolediastole
When the heart relaxes, the pressure is lowered called ___ - (answers)diastole
The circulation of blood to the heart is called ____ - (answers)coronary circulation
The circulation of blood through the lungs is known as _____ - (answers)pulmonary circulation
the circulation throughout the body is known as ______ - (answers)systemic circulation
____ is considered a type of connective tissue made up of a variety of cells suspended in liquid
called ____ - (answers)blood, plasma
erythrocytes - (answers)red blood cells
UPDATE 2025| COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS-MOSTLY TESTED QUESTIONS-RATED 100% CORRECT|
GUARANTEED PASS!! ALREADY GRADED A+
____ is breaking down nutrients into small, soluable molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood - (answers)digestion
___ breaking food into smaller pieces - (answers)mechanical digestion
____ breaking nutrients into small molecules - (answers)chemical digestions
____ splitting molecules by adding water - (answers)hydrolysis
proteins that speed up chemical reactions - (answers)enzymes
The tube called ______, extends between two openings: the mouth and the anus -
(answers)alimentary canal
The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas are ___ - (answers)accessory organs
_____ makes it easier to both swallow and digest - (answers)surface area
The presence of food stimulates the ____ to release saliva, which contains the enzyme amylase -
(answers)salivary glands
__ breaks down starch into small carbohydrate molecules - (answers)amylase
Where are the two smaller carbohydrate molecules? - (answers)monosaccharides and
disaccharides
,throat - (answers)pharynx
From the esophagus, the food is passed to the _____ by muscular contractions -
(answers)stomach
muscular contractions - (answers)peristalsis
____ is made up of hydrochloric acid and proteases - (answers)gastric juice
protein digesting enzymes - (answers)proteases
The smooth muscles of the stomach mix the partially digested food, and the result is a liquid
called ____ - (answers)chyme
The part of the digestive system in which most chemical digestion takes place - (answers)small
intestine
____ is released to the small intestine - (answers)chyme
Controls passage of food from stomach to small intestine - (answers)pyloric sphincter
____ produces bile - (answers)liver
A substance stored in the gallbladder - (answers)bile
This accessory organ helps breakdown fats - (answers)gallbladder
The ___ supplies a number of enzymes needed for digestion - (answers)pancreas
,the small intestine is lined with ___ - (answers)villi
Undigested food is moved to the ____, or ___, which is responsible for reabsorbing water that's
entered the alimentary canal - (answers)large intestine, colon
feces or waste move along the colon, become solidified, and are stored in the ____ -
(answers)rectum
elimination from the body - (answers)egestion
Diarrhea is a result of peristalsis moving feces through the ___ to quickly, water isn't reabsorbed
- (answers)colon
Constipation is from too little peristalsis and there is to much _____ of water -
(answers)reabsorption
The ____ system is made up of the heart, blood vessels, and blood - (answers)cardiovascular
The heart consist of four chambers: two ___ and two ____ - (answers)atria(singular: atrium) and
ventricles
receive blood - (answers)the two atria
pumps blood to the body - (answers)ventricles
Blood enters the right atrium from the upper and lower body through veins called the ____ and
the ____ - (answers)superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava
blood then passes through an _____ into the right ventricle - (answers)atrioventricular valve
, The right ventricle pumps blood through the semilunar valve into the ______, which carry the
blood to the lungs - (answers)pulmonary arteries
This blood(the blood flowing through the heart) is ____ and becomes ____ in the lungs, where
gas exchange occurs - (answers)deoxygenated, oxygenated
Newly oxygenated blood leaves the lungs via the _____, which returns blood to the left atrium -
(answers)pulmonary viens
After newly oxygenated blood leaves the lungs, is passes though another ____ to the left
ventricle - (answers)atrioventricular valve
Muscular contractions of the left ventricle pump blood through the ___ to all parts of the body -
(answers)aorta
when the heart contracts, pressure increases which is called ___ - (answers)systolediastole
When the heart relaxes, the pressure is lowered called ___ - (answers)diastole
The circulation of blood to the heart is called ____ - (answers)coronary circulation
The circulation of blood through the lungs is known as _____ - (answers)pulmonary circulation
the circulation throughout the body is known as ______ - (answers)systemic circulation
____ is considered a type of connective tissue made up of a variety of cells suspended in liquid
called ____ - (answers)blood, plasma
erythrocytes - (answers)red blood cells
