Nervous System
What is the cord called that goes from your brain to the bottom of your back and helps the brain communicate with the rest of your body?
Spinal Cord
What type of action is it considered when your heart is beating?
Involunary
What is the name for the watery liquid in your mouth that helps to chemically digest your food?
Saliva
Your mouth mechanically digests food by doing what?
Chewing
This is the first part of your digestive system.
Mouth
What is the organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body?
The Brain
What type of action is it considered when you throw a football?
Voluntary
The stomach is filled with this type of fluid, which chemically breaks down food.
Stomach Acid
This type of digestion is when you use crushing or grinding to break up food.
Mechanical Digestion
This is the name of the tube that goes from your mouth to your stomach.
Esophagus
What part of the brain controls involuntary movements?
Brain Stem
What type of action is it considered if you blink from an object being thrown at you?
Involuntary
The liver produces this substance, which helps to break down fats.
Bile
How is mechanical digestion different from chemical digestion?
Crushes food through movement rather than enzymes or acids
This is the longest section of the digestive system.
Small Intestine
What part of the nervous system controls balance?
The Cerebellum
What type of action is it considered if you read a book?
Voluntary
This is the name for the type of organs that assist with digestion, but don’t have food move through them. They primarily produce substances to help with chemical digestion.
Accessory Organs
Your stomach mechanically digests food through this method (not acid)
Stomach Churning
What happens to food that is not absorbed?
It is released as waste
What are the cables that carry impulses between your brain and the rest of your body?
Nerves
What type of action is it considered if you breathe without thinking about it?
Involuntary
These tiny proteins are found throughout the digestive system and help to alter the structure and chemically break down food.
Enzymes
This is the final organ in the digestive system where food is broken down.
Small Intestine
How are nutrients transported from the digestive system to the cells of your body?
Through the bloodstream