Digestive System
Where does Digestion begin?
The mouth.
This is the body's way of getting rid of waste.
What is excretion?
This organ is absolutely useless. It is the freeloading cousin of the body.
What is the appendix? (According to Conall...)
This is the waste the kidneys remove.
What is urine and heat?
Where does the majority (about 90%) of absorption occur?
Within the small intestines.
This is how lungs get rid of waste.
What is exhaling carbon dioxide?
These are the two types of digestion.
What are mechanical and chemical?
This is a secondary organ that helps the excretory system
What is the liver?
What is the Appendix?
The appendix is a small pouch on the colon (large intestines) that has no known purpose.
This is a chemical that comes from the breakdown of proteins.
What is urea?
This is the biggest organ of the digestive tract.
What is the small intestine?
This is the largest organ in the body, and a major part of the excretory system.
What is skin?
This is the length of the ENTIRE digestive tract.
What is 9 meters long (or 30 feet long)?
What is the first step in digestion?
Ingestion: the process of eating food.
This is how the skin gets rid of waste.
What is sweat?
These are the five food groups.
What are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and vitamins?
The liver produces this to help with breakdown and excretion.
What is urea?
What types of digestion take place within the stomach?
Both physical digestion (by smooth muscles moving to churn the food) and chemical digestion by hydrochloric acid and enzymes working to break down foods.
These are the organs of the excretory system.
What are lungs, kidney, ureters, bladder, urethra, skin and liver
These are the parts of the digestive tract.
What is the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine?
This organ collects and stores urine for later removal.