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A long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is the Esophagus
100
churns and mixes food
What is the stomach.
100

Digestion converts food into _____ for our bodies to use.

What is energy.

100
Chewing food in your mouth
What is mechanical digestion.
100

The system that breaks down food for your body to use.

What is the digestive system.

200
A coiled tube that is about 4 to 7 meters long and where most of digestion takes place.
What is the small intestine.
200
where a fluid called bile is formed
What is the liver.
200
Another word for spit.

Saliva

200
when saliva breaks down food
What is chemical.
200

smooth muscles contract or squeeze together to push food toward the stomach.

What is Esophagus.

300
When food goes down the esophagus it enters
What is the stomach
300

where bile is stored

What is the gallbladder.

300

When you chew food, your _______ moves the food around.

What is your tongue

300
Peristalsis (the movement of food through the esophagus to the stomach)
What is mechanical.
300
produces an enzyme called insulin
What is pancreas.
400
It is 1.5 meters in length
What is the large intestine.
400
removes water and waste from undigested material
What is the large intestine.
400
the movement of food through the esophagus to the stomach
What is peristalsis.
400
when the stomach churns and mixes food
What is mechanical.
400

insulin breaks down

What is carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

500

Name 3 accessory organs.

What is the liver, gallbladder and pancreas.

500

organs that help digestion but never actually come in contact with the food.

Accessory Organs or Gallbladder, Pancreas, Liver

500

The mixture of food and digestive enzymes.

What is chyme.

500
When digestive juices are secreted from the stomach wall and food becomes a liquid.
What is chemical.
500
Tiny fingerlike structures in the small intestine through which food molecules enter the blood.
What is villi.
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