Digestive System Organs
DS Definitions
MIX
Respiratory System Organs
RS Definitions
100
This is where food is absorbed into the blood.
What is the small intestine?
100
This is the J shaped pouch that churns and squeezes food.
What is stomach?
100
This organ adds digestive juices to the small intestine to help break down food. Hint-starts with the letter that comes before "m" in the alphabet.
What is the liver?
100

A fancy name for the throat?

What is the pharynx?

100

Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened?

What is the nose?

200
This is the liquid in the mouth that helps break down food
What is saliva?
200
This is the process that breaks food into small pieces so the body can use it.
What is digestion?
200
After leaving the esophagus, food travels here.
What is the stomach?
200

A fancy name for the voice box?

What is larynx?

200

The structure where both air and food pass through?

What is the pharynx/throat?

300
True or False: food material passed through the pancreas just before reaching the stomach.
What is false?
300
The place where water is removed from the waste.
What is large intestine?
300
The ____________________produce saliva used to moisten your mouth.
What are the salivary glands?
300

The trachea is also known as the ...?

What is the windpipe?

300

Your ability to sing, shout and speak come from vocal cords located within the...?

What is larynx?

400
This is what blocks off the windpipe so food cannot get into it
What is the epiglottis?
400
This is the tube food slides down before going to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
400

Why is it better to inhale through your nose than through your mouth?

What is because air is filtered in the nose through the nose hairs and mucous?

400

The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?

What is the epiglottis?

400

The structure where gas exchange occurs?

What is the alveoli?

500
These are two organs that pour juices into the small intestine.
What are pancreas and liver?
500
true or false-- Digestion starts in your mouth
What is true?
500

True or False: We lose half a liter of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapor we see when we breathe onto glass.

What is true?

500

The name of the structure that carries air from the trachea to the lungs?

What is the bronchi?

500

oxygen diffuses from alveoli into the __________ the surround them?

What is capillaries?

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