Digestive system
Digestive System
Digestive System
Digestive System
Digestive System
100
why do we eat
to gain energy
100
This is the function of the esophagus>
What is to transport food from the mouth to the stomach?
100
This part of your mouth helps with mechanical (crushing, ripping apart) digestion.
What are your teeth?
100
True or False:
Your intestines are about the length of a classroom.
True?!
100
Name this organ:
your stomach?
200
What is the word for drinking water?
Swallow
200
This is the function of the mouth.
What is to break down food by softening and ripping it apart?
200
If you were to lay them rolled out, this intestine is longer.
What is the small intestine?
200
Acid in the stomach does this.
What is break down food into even smaller pieces for digestion and absorption?
200
Food stay in your stomach for about this much time.
What is about 4-8 hours?
300
This is the FUNCTION of the small intestines.
What is to absorb all the nutrients and sends it through to the rest of the body.
300
This is another name for spit.
Saliva?
300
This organ removes toxins from your blood.
What is your liver?
300
This organ STORES bile for digestion.
What is the gallbladder?
300
This organ MAKES bile for digestion.
What is the liver?
400
This is the main function of the large intestine.
What is to absorbs water and compact the waste.
400
Name 1-3 functions of the digestive system. ANY
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 part:
What is your uvula?
400
We eat food for this reason.
What is to give our body nutrients and energy?!
500
Where does food go? 2 parts?
What is the mouth and stomach?
500
Finger-like structures in the small intestine are called this.
What is villi?
500
Your liver is the size of this sport's ball.
What is an American football?
500
True or False
The esophagus is a muscle tube.
True
500
This accessory organ produces hormones that control the amount of sugar in the blood/ makes digestive juices to break down food.
Pancreas