NLN- ANATOMY &
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM
, 1. Digestion: Breaking down of nutrients into small, soluable
molecules that can be absorbed into the blood
2. mechanical digestion: the physical breakdown of food into
smaller pieces
(chewing increases surface area-easier to swallow)
3. chemical digestion: the digestion process in which enzymes
are used to break foods into their smaller chemical buiding blocks
4. hydrolysis: Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical
addition of water
(essential part of chemical digestion)
5. hydrolases: Enzymes that carry out digestion by hydrolosis,
uses H2O to break- down polymers to monomers
6. alimentary canal: a long, muscular tube that begins at teh
mouth and includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomcah,
small intestine, large intestine, and anus
7. accessory organs: Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM
, 1. Digestion: Breaking down of nutrients into small, soluable
molecules that can be absorbed into the blood
2. mechanical digestion: the physical breakdown of food into
smaller pieces
(chewing increases surface area-easier to swallow)
3. chemical digestion: the digestion process in which enzymes
are used to break foods into their smaller chemical buiding blocks
4. hydrolysis: Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical
addition of water
(essential part of chemical digestion)
5. hydrolases: Enzymes that carry out digestion by hydrolosis,
uses H2O to break- down polymers to monomers
6. alimentary canal: a long, muscular tube that begins at teh
mouth and includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomcah,
small intestine, large intestine, and anus
7. accessory organs: Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas
