Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. 1. taking in nutrients through the small intestine 1 absorption 2. responsible for changing the food we eat into simpler substances which can be used as nutrients for the body pylorus 3. a hormone secreted by the pancreas which lowers the level of the blood sugar intestinal flora 4. bacteria within the large intestine which help break down digested food material insulin 5. a condition resulting from bile in the blood, in which a patient's skin has a yellow color villi 6. the valve at the lower end of the stomach digestion 7. fingerlike projections which serve to increase the inner surface area for absorption of food jaundice
Absorption: taking in nutrients through the small intestine
Digestion: responsible for changing the food we eat into simpler substances which can be used as nutrients for the body
Insulin: a hormone secreted by the pancreas which lowers the level of the blood sugar
Intestinal flora: bacteria within the large intestine which help break down digested food material
Jaundice: a condition resulting from bile in the blood, in which a patient's skin has a yellow color
Pylorus: the valve at the lower end of the stomach digestion Villi: fingerlike projections which serve to increase the inner surface area for absorption of food