The Mouth: Web Assignment

Instructions:

• You have 20 minutes to research and find the answers to the following questions with your partner, using the links below.  
• Answer the questions in your notebooks
• 12 classwork points (2 pts. each) + 2 e.c.

1. Describe the basic anatomy of the mouth.
2. How are the dental structures among carnivores, omnivores and herbivores different?  
3. What is mechanical digestion?  
1. What structures in the mouth are responsible for mechanical digestion?  
4. What is chemical digestion?  
1. What structures in the mouth provide materials for chemical digestion?
5. Why do you require both mechanical and chemical digestion?
6. Why does food need to be digested?
7. Bonus question: Are humans evolved to be meat eaters? Cite specific evidence.

Links to use:
(basics of the digestive system and mouth)
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/digestive/
Mouth anatomy: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Image
Mouth Anatomy
(Types of teeth and their uses)
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/picture-of-the-teeth
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/abyss/dep1151.htm
(comparisons of different mouths)
World of the Wolf - wolf skull
http://www.vegantraveler.com/2012/03/herbivore-or-carnivore/
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
carnivore - National Geographic Education
(types of digestion)
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/digestive/regions/mouth.html
http://www.slideshare.net/brucecoulter/mechanical-chemical-digestion