Digestive System
The _____ grinds up food and makes it consumable
Teeth
What is mechanical digestion?
Breaking down of materials by breaking,crushing, mashing
Commonly called the windpipe, this structure is strengthened by rings of cartilage.
trachea
This process is the result of air rushing into the lungs
Inhalation
How many cats does Mr. Smith have?
What is the function of the small intestines?
Pull out the nutrients and send it through the rest of the body.
What is chemical digestion?
The breaking down of particles into smaller pieces by chemicals like saliva
These air passages divide from the windpipe at the bottom of the trachea.
bronchi
What is the main organ of the respiratory system?
Lungs
Who is the Saints QB right now?
Tyler Shough
What is the main function of the large intestines?
Absorb water and compact the waste
Name 2 functions of the digestive system
Breakdown food into nutrients, compact wastes to leave the body
What are the tiny balloon-like sacs that look like bunches of grapes where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen?
Alveoli
Physical activity causes breathing rate to do what?
Increase
41+67?
108
Where does mechanical and chemical digestion take place?
mouth and stomach
How does the small intestines send nutrients to the rest of the body?
Through the bloodstream
where oxygen and carbon dioxide change places in the lungs
the alveoli/air sacs
The important gas that we inhale when breathing
oxygen
What is Mr. Smith's favorite food?
Garlic Bread
Does the amount of saliva increase or decrease before vomiting?
Increase to protect your teeth.
The stomach turns food into a liquid. What is that liquid called?
Chyme
Where does air enters the body?
the nose or mouth
When air moves out of the lungs, this is the gas that is let out via your exhalation--where does it come from?
c02 --cellular waste and breathing, external respiration.
What disease did M'Kenna have?
Celiac Disease