Functions
The process in which your body breaks down food into molecules that the body can use
What is digestion
Tube food travel down towards the stomach
What is the epophagus
The hypothalamus helps to maintain homeostasis by controlling the release of this
What is hormones
This is the percent of blood passed through the kidneys each day
What is 100 %
The process where the body collects and removes wastes
What is excretion
The two types of digestion
What are mechanical and chemical
The waves of muscle contractions that push food through the digestive system
What is peristalsis
Urine leaves the body through a tube called
What is the urethra
This is in the large intestine to aid digestion
What is bactria
These 3 body systems are all working as a part of the excretory system
What is digestive system, respiratory system and the integumentary system
This type of digestion breaks down pieces of food into small molecules
What is chemical digestion
This structure produces a liquid called chyme
What is the stomach
These 2 other organs of the body not in the urinary system help ride waste
What is the lungs and skin
This organ of the digestive system absorbs the most water from food
What is the small intestine
A bean shaped organ that is important in filtering the blood.
what is kidneys
These help to break down food in the digestions process
What are enzymes
The organ that produces bile
What is the liver
Amylase is an example of this
What are digestive enzymes
Kidneys are responsible for many things including producing vitamins and amino acids, true or false
What is false
The chief digestive enzyme in the stomach
What is pepsin
Materials that are not absorbed in digestion are then
What is eliminated through waste
Tiny fingerlike projections that cover the lining of the small intestine
What is villi
Urinary tract infections are most often caused by this
What is bacteria in urine
The primary function of the stomach is this
What is to store food
Each kidney contains about a million of these tiny filtering units that remove wastes and produce urine
What are nephrons