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the first step of the digestive system take place here
mouth
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This is the function of the esophagus
to transport food from the mouth to the stomach
100
This part of your mouth helps with mechanical (crushing, ripping apart) digestion.
teeth
100
how long is your small intestine?
6m long
100
what is absorption?
When nutrients leave the intestines and enter the bloodstream.
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Name the MAIN digestive system organs in the correct order.
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
200
This is the function of the mouth.
takes in and breaks down food
200
what is the length of the large intestine
approx 1.5m long
200
what is the name of the acid in the stomach?
hydrochloric acid
200
what is faeces?
Waste products (faeces) are removed from the body
300
This is the FUNCTION of the small intestines.
to absorb all the nutrients and sends it through to the rest of the body.
300
This is another name for spit.
saliva
300
what is produced in the liver but stored in the gall bladder?
bile
300
why do we eat
to get energy
300
What are the 2 ways we get food?
liquid and solid
400
This is the main function of the large intestine.
What is to absorbs water and compact the waste.
400
Name 2 functions of the digestive system.
What is
1) to breakdown food
2) to absorb nutrients
3) send waste out of your body?
(Any of the above)
400
Ring-like muscles that open and close in several places of your digestive system are called this.
What are sphincters?
400
Name this organ:
stomach
400
name the 4 types of teeth.
canine
insisors
premolar
molar
500
what is fibre?
the rough part of the food we eat.
500
what are the 5 stages in human digestion
ingestion
digestion
absorption
assimilation
egestion
500
What pushes the food we chew to the throat?
The tongue
500
what is absorption?
when nutrients from the food enter the bloodstream
500
how many teeth are there in our milk set? and our permanent set?
20 milk teeth
32 permanent teeth