Download Digestive System Question

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Human Digestion
1. What is the difference between an autotroph and heterotroph?
2. What are carbs hydrolyzed into?
3. How is this stored?
4. What is cellulose?
5. What is glycogen?
6. How are proteins hydrolyzed?
7.
What are proteins used for?
8. By what process are proteins broken down?
9. What are lipids hydrolyzed into?
10. What are saturated fats?
11. What are unsaturated fats?
12. What are lipids used for?
13. List some inorganic nutrients.
14. What types of digestion begins in the mouth?
15. What is the enzyme produced there and what does it act on?
16. What happens in the esophagus?
17. What types of digestion occur in the stomach?
18. What molecules are hydrolyzed in the stomach?
19. What process is this called?
20. What types of molecules are hydrolyzed in the small intestine?
21. Where do the end products go?
22. How do they get there?
23. Why is the liver important for digestion?
24. What is bile?
25. Where is it stored?
26. What role does the pancreas play in digestion?
27. What is the main function of the large intestine?
28. What disorder results from too much water being absorbed by the large
intestine?
29. When too little water is absorbed by the large intestine, you may experience
what?
30. What are preventative measures for each?
31. What is the rectum responsible for?
32. What is the function of the anus?
33. Why is the process of digestion necessary for our survival?
Draw a labeled diagram of the digestive system. Include mouth. Salivary glands,
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, liver, large intestine, rectum, anus.