https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67 en-us 2023-03-03 09:18:11 UTC 2025-11-29 18:26:34 UTC hello@padlet.com eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502404900 The first activity of the digestive system is to take in food through the mouth.]]> 2023-03-03 09:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502404900 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502410946
The large pieces of food that are ingested have to be broken into smaller particles that can be acted upon by various enzymes that are proteins that help to speed up the metabolism. This begins in the mouth with chewing and continues with churning and mixing actions in the stomach.]]> 2023-03-03 09:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502410946 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502422753 This happens through a process called hydrolosys, uses water and digestive enzymes to break down the complex carbohydrates. Digestive enzymes speed up the hydrolysis process, which is otherwise very slow. ]]> 2023-03-03 10:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2502422753 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503521595 Propels food from the oral cavity to the esophagus, lubricates food and passageways.]]> 2023-03-04 15:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503521595 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503524044 Propels food to the stomach, as well lubricates food and passageways.]]> 2023-03-04 15:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503524044 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503525513 Mixes food with gastric juices to form chyme, chemical breakdown of proteins, releases food into the duodenum as chyme.]]> 2023-03-04 15:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503525513 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503527741 Mixes chyme with digestive juices, propels food at a rate slow enough for digestion and absorption, absorbs breakdown of carbs , proteins, fats and nucleic acids, as well as vitamins, water and minerals and performs physical digestion .]]> 2023-03-04 15:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503527741 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503528808 Produces bile salts wich emulsify
 lipids, aiding their digestion and absorption.]]> 2023-03-04 15:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503528808 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503530199 Stores, concentrates, and release bile.]]> 2023-03-04 15:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503530199 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503532108 Produces digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.]]> 2023-03-04 16:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503532108 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503534733 Further breaks down food residues, absorbs residual water. electrolytes, and vitamins produced by enteric bacteria, propels the feces towards the rectum and eliminate feces.]]> 2023-03-04 16:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503534733 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503539617 The feces are expelled out of the body through the anus.]]> 2023-03-04 16:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2503539617 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511595668 Enzyme that saliva produces and break complex carbohydrates into simple.]]> 2023-03-10 09:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511595668 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511596647 Enzyme that breaks proteins into carbohydrates in the stomach.]]> 2023-03-10 09:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511596647 eveliaperez1 https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511598484 Bile is a juice created by the liver and stored in the gallbladder that helps to break down fats into simple substances.]]> 2023-03-10 09:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eveliaperez1/5hnmbvihhgygno67/wish/2511598484