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Digestive System
All About It
10
Anatomy
10th Grade
03/04/2014

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Term
Mouth
Definition

Buccal Cavity

Teeth physically taste and breakdown food

 

Saliva lubricate and partially digests, and swallows food

Term
Teeth: Mastication
Definition
physically break down food by chewing and grinding.
Term
Tongue
Definition

muscular organ

 

Conatins taste buds

Term
Taste Buds
Definition

Sweet

Salty

Bitter

Sour

Term
Hard Palate
Definition

bony structure forms roof of mouth

seperates mouth from nasal cavity

Term

Soft Palate

 

Definition

seperates mouth from nasopharynx

 

Term
uvula
Definition

coned shaped muscular structure

prevents food from entering the nasopharynx during swallowing

Term
Salivary Glands
Definition

Parotia

Sublingual

Submandibular

 

 

Saliva

Term
Saliva
Definition

lubricates mouth during speech and chewing

moistens food so it an be swallowed

Containes Salivary Amylase which begins chemical breakdown of carbs/starches into sugars that can be taken into the body

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