Digestive system
The _____ grinds up food and makes it consumable
Teeth
What is mechanical digestion?
Breaking down of materials by breaking,crushing, mashing
True or False: A taller person will have a longer digestive system
True
What system breaks down food to give our bodies energy
The digestive system
The first part of digestion where your teeth break down food
What is chewing?
What is the function of the small intestines?
Pull out the nutrients and send it through the rest of the body.
What is chemical digestion?
The breaking down of particles into smaller pieces by chemicals like saliva
If you were to lay them rolled out, which intestine is bigger?
Small
This organ makes bile and helps with detoxification.
What is the liver?
What is the area that the digestive process begins?
It begins in the mouth
What is the main function of the large intestines?
Absorb water and compact the waste
Name 2 functions of the digestive system
Breakdown food into nutrients, compact wastes to leave the body
What is the function of the stomach?
To break down food
It releases enzymes to break down food particles in the small intestine
What is the pancreas?
Liquid in your mouth that mixes with food particles and contains antibodies, H2O, mucous and enzymes
What is saliva?
The kind of digestion that takes place in the mouth.
What is mechanical and chemical?
How does the small intestines send nutrients to the rest of the body?
Through the bloodstream
The stomach turns food into a liquid. What is that liquid called?
Chyme
This tube transports food from your mouth to your stomach
What is the esophagus?
The enzyme in your stomach that breaks down protein
What is pepsin?
Does the amount of saliva increase or decrease before vomiting?
Increase to protect your teeth.
The large intestine got its name because this is larger
What is the diameter?
How much saliva is produced daily by an average human? (in Cups)
4 cups
How much food can the average stomach hold at once?
1.5 liters
The organ that holds bile.
What is the gallbladder?