Organs
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Accessory Organs & Other Structures
Macromolecules & Enzymes
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 is absorbed by the large intestine.
What is water/liquids?
100

This organ creates a chemical called bile that helps break down lipids.

What is the liver?

100

This macromolecule is found in starchy foods like bread, noodles, and potatoes.

What is a carbohydrate?
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
This is what happens to food while in the stomach.
What is it gets churned/ mixed/squeezed?
200

The ___________ produce saliva used to moisten your mouth and digest carbs.

What are salivary glands?

200

The 3 macromolecules we get from our diet are ___, ___, and ____.

What are carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins?

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 digestive system is a ____________about 30ft long.

What is a tube?

300

This organ helps to regulate your blood sugar.

What is the pancreas?

300

This enzyme breaks down lipids.

What is lipase?

400

These two organs create amylase, an enzyme which breaks down carbohydrates.

What are the salivary glands and the pancreas?

400
This is the tube food slides down before going to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
400

finish this sequence: teeth take bite of food , saliva is added and you chew, you swallow and food goes down esophagus, into the ___________, then your______________, finally into your _________________

What is the stomach, small intestine, large intestine?

400

This organ stores and concentrates bile to be released in the small intestines.

What is the gallbladder?

400

This enzyme breaks down proteins.

What is protease?

500

These are two organs that secrete juices into the small intestine.

What are pancreas and gallbladder?

500

True or false: Chemical digestion happens in the mouth and stomach only.

What is false?

500
The length of this organ is about 22ft long.
What is the small intestine?
500

These cells create hydrochloric acid, which helps break down proteins in the stomach.

What are parietal cells?

500
Proteins are broken down in the ______ and _______.

What are the stomach and small intestines?

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