Food & Energy
Food & Energy
Digestion Begins
Digestion Begins
Digestion Ends
100
Carbohydrates are a major source of this
What is energy?
100

the substances in nature your body utilizes for raw materials and energy.

What are nutrients?

100
The fluid released when your mouth waters
What is saliva?
100
A thick slippery substance that makes food easier to swallow
What is mucus?
100
A substance made by the liver that breaks up fat particles
What is bile?
200
The most abundant substance in the body
What is water?
200
Energy released by nutrients is measured in units of these
What are calories?
200
A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe, preventing food from entering
What is the epiglottis?
200
A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
What is the esophagus?
200
The largest organ INSIDE the body, located in the upper right part of the abdomenm
What is the liver?
300
Nutrients that contain nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
What are proteins?
300
Nutrients not made by living things
What are minerals?
300
Involuntary waves of muscle contraction that push food through the digestive system
What is peristalsis?
300
The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system and into the blood
What is absorption?
300
Tiny finger shaped structures that cover the inner surface of the small intestine
What are villi?
400

What food provides for your body

What are materials for growth and repair and energy to do things?

400
The two kinds of carbohydrates
What are simple and complex?
400
This object begins the process of mechanical digestion in the mouth
What are teeth?
400
A J-shaped muscular pouch in the abdomen
What is the stomach?
400
The role of the gall bladder
What is store the bile produced by the liver and deliver it to the small intestine?
500
The three jobs of fat in the body
What are form part of the cell protect and support internal organs insulate the body and keep in heat
500

The food groups where saturated fats are found

What are meats and dairy products?

500
This kills many bacteria that are swallowed with food
What is hydrochloric acid?
500
List the three organs that produce enzymes and secretions used in the small intestine
What are liver, pancreas, and small intestine?
500

The role of the large intestine

What are absorb water into the bloodstream and prepare undigested food for elimination?

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