Digestive system
Where does the first step of the digestive system take place?
Mouth
What is the function of the esophagus?
Transports food from the mouth to the stomach
What part of your mouth helps with mechanical digestion?
Teeth
Name the three blood vessels
Arteries, veins, capillaries
What are the four chambers of the heart called
right and left ventricle
right and left atrium
Name the digestive system organs in the correct order (Hint: 5 organs)
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
What is mechanical digestion?
Breaking down of materials by breaking, tearing, crushing and mashing
If you were to lay them rolled out, which intestine is longer ?
Small
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Joe Biden
What is the fastest land animal
Cheetah
What is the function of the small intestines?
Absorbs all the nutrients and sends it through to the rest of the body.
What is chemical digestion?
The breaking down of food into smaller pieces by chemicals like saliva or enzymes
Apart from the mouth, where else does mechanical digestion occur?
Stomach
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Charli D'Amelio
what are the 2 WA football teams called
West coast, freemantle
What is the main function of the large intestines?
Absorbs water and compacts the waste
Name 2 functions of the digestive system
Breakdown food into nutrients, compact wastes to leave the body
What prevents food from entering the windpipe
Epiglottis
What is the most isolated city in the world?
Perth
what is the largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
Where does mechanical and chemical digestion take place?
Stomach and mouth
How does the small intestines send nutrients to the rest of the body?
Through the bloodstream
What is the squeezing of the food in the esophagus called?
Peristalsis
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Mr Murray
What is the largest ocean on earth
Pacific