Structure
The digestive system structure starts with this.
The mouth.
The small intestine's job is this.
Breaks down food and absorb nutrients and water.
When food leaves the stomach it enters this.
The small intestine.
True or false: The esophagus is not necessary.
False!
Stomach acid is strong enough to burn this organ.
The skin.
Food is initially broken down here.
The stomach.
True or false: This is where most of the digestion process takes place.
True!
It takes this amount of time for food to get through the stomach.
40 mins to 2 hours.
The function of the esophagus is to do this.
Transport food to the stomach.
If you were to stretch the lining of the small intestines, it would cover this sport's court.
Tennis.
Nutrients are absorbed here.
The small intestine.
The jejunum is which part of the small intestine?
The middle.
The stomach can hold this amount of food.
Quarter-gallon or half a pound.
The esophagus is made partly of these two things.
Bone and muscle.
Define mucosa.
The soft tissue that lines the body's canals and organs.
The final stage of the digestive system passes through this organ.
The large intestine.
The stomach feeds into this part of the small intestine.
The duodenum.
The 4 main parts of the stomach.
Cardia, Fundus, Corpus, and Pylorus.
The most common disease that affects the esophagus is this.
GERD.
It takes this amount of time for food to reach the stomach.
7 seconds.
Another name for the esophagus is this.
Oesophagus
This is the part of the small intestine where food spends most of it's time and nutrients are absorbed.
The Ileum.
The Corpus is this part of the stomach.
The body and largest section of the stomach.
The esophagus connects the stomach to this.
The pharynx.
The esophagus is typically this long.
8 inches.