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The document outlines a practical work assignment for IGCSE Biology focusing on human nutrition and the digestive system. It includes definitions of key terms, explanations of processes such as ingestion and digestion, and requires diagrams and tables to be completed regarding the alimentary canal, teeth, and dental decay. Additionally, it addresses topics like diarrhoea, chemical digestion, and the functions of various digestive organs.

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TP Digestive System

The document outlines a practical work assignment for IGCSE Biology focusing on human nutrition and the digestive system. It includes definitions of key terms, explanations of processes such as ingestion and digestion, and requires diagrams and tables to be completed regarding the alimentary canal, teeth, and dental decay. Additionally, it addresses topics like diarrhoea, chemical digestion, and the functions of various digestive organs.

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BIOLOGY IGCSE DATE:________________

STUDENT:_____________________________________________

PRACTICAL WORK: BIBLIOGRAPHY RESEARCH

UNIT 7: HUMAN NUTRITION – DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

1) Define the terms: Ingestion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, assimilation, and egestion.
Make a drawing of the alimentary canal and indicate in which part each of those process takes place.

2) What does feeding involves? Explain briefly the process from the beginning to the end.

3) What is the alimentary canal? Include the terms: epithelium, mucus, digestive enzymes and glands.

4) What is peristalsis? Explain on basis of the different muscular layers of the alimentary canal. Make a drawing of to
show those layers.

5) Complete the following diagram:

6) Complete the following table:

Region of alimentary canal Definition &brief description Function


Mouth
Salivary glands
Oesophagus (gullet)
Stomach
Small intestine:
1) duodenum
2) jejunum
3) Ileum
Large intestine (colon)
Pancreas
Liver
Gall bladder
rectum
anus

7) What is diarrhoea? What causes it? Explain the process. What happened if it is not properly treated? What the
recommended therapy for it? Include a comment about cholera as a cause of diarrhoea.

8) Complete the following diagram:

9) Complete the following table about human teeth:

incisors canines premolars Molars


Drawing

Position in the
mouth
Number of them per
jaw
Description

Function

What problems
could we have if
miss them?

10) Complete the diagram about the tooth structure:

11) Complete the following table about dental decay (dental caries)

Dental Decay
What is it?
Cause (explain
process)

Consequences of not
treating them

Role of refined sugar


and how it affects the
pH of the mouth

Measures of
prevention

12) Explain what is chemical digestion and provide examples.

13) Complete the following table:

Mouth Stomach Duodenum Ileum


Digestive gland

Digestive juice
produced

Enzymes present in
the juice or cells

Food attacked

Substances
produced
14) What happens in the stomach? Explain including the terms: chyme, gastric juice, protease enzyme and
hydrochloric acid.

15) What happens in the small intestine?

16) What is the bile? Where is it stored? Where is it poured? What is its function?

17) Explain how the absorption takes place in the small intestine and colon. Use information from pages 103 – 105

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