Stomach/Down the tubes
Small/Large Intestines
Vocabulary
Liver
Random Facts
100
This kind of acid is found inside the stomach
Hydrochloric Acid
100
The small intestine is about this long
About 20 feet
100
This is the breaking down of food into nutrients
Digestion
100
True or False- The liver is the largest organ
True
100
The average person produces this much saliva per day
2 pints
200
Digestion starts here
In the mouth
200
The large intestine is about this long
About 10 feet
200
Taking nutrients from food and putting them into the blood
Absorption
200
The different parts of the liver are called
Lobes
200
A cow has this many stomachs
Four (4)
300
The scientific name for the tube your food travels down from your mouth to your stomach
Esophagus
300
The small intestine has this many parts
3
300
The elimination of waste from the body
Defecation
300
This is the main function of the liver
filter blood coming from digestive tract
300
This animal does not have a stomach
platypus
400
This causes the growling sensation when our stomach is hungry
contractions
400
True or False: the majority of nutrients from food are absorbed by the large intestine. 
FALSE
400
Liquid in the mouth that assists with digestion
Saliva
400
True or False: the liver can re-generate (re-grow) itself
True
400
The average American eats this much food each year
About 2000 pounds (1 ton)
500
Foods high in this will be digested quickly, therefore leaving you feeling hungry faster. 
Sugar
500
If the small intestine absorbs the nutrients from the food, what does the large intestine absorb
Water
500
Substances from the diet that give the body energy
Nutrients
500
Name the disorder generally caused by the over use of alcoholic beverages
Cirrhosis
500
It takes approximately this long for food to get from your mouth to your stomach
About 7 seconds
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