Digestive System Parts
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What is this a picture of?
The stomach
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What are the two types of digestion?
Chemical digestion and mechanical digestion
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Which intestine is longer - The small or large intestine?
The small intestine is longer
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What is the average amount of time it takes to digest food?
About 30 hours
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What part of the digestive system diffuses nutrients?
Villi
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What part of the digestive system moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
The esophagus
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What part of the mouth is responsible for chemical digestion?
Saliva
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what happens when the villi take too much water or not enough?
constipation/diarrhea
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What prevents gastric liquids in the stomach from burning through its lining?
A thick layer of mucus protects the stomach lining.
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What body part pushes food to the back of the throat?
The tongue
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What is the main job of the large intestine?
To take water out of chyme to make feces
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What part of the mouth is responsible for mechanical digestion?
Teeth
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What are burps and farts caused by?
Built up gas trapped in the digestive system
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What is the purpose of churning in the stomach?
It breaks down food into smaller pieces and mixes it with gastric fluids.
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What is the purpose of the digestive system?
To break food into smaller pieces so they can be used by the body cells
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Where in the digestive system are smooth muscles that perform peristalsis?
The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large instestine
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True or False: Your food reaches your stomach less than ten seconds after you swallow.
True
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Nutrients from food is diffused to the blood through which part?
Villi in the small intestine
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What is the part in saliva that breaks down food?
Enzymes
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What helps move food through the esophagus? Extra 200 points: What is this process called?
Smooth muscles (Peristalsis)
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What is the part that makes sure food does not fall down the windpipe?
The epiglottis
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What do gastric fluids and saliva have in common?
They both chemically digest the food in the digestive system
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Why should we not talk or laugh while eating?
Don't give the epiglottis enough time to work.
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Why is your digestive system necessary for your body to live?
Answers will vary
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How can you keep your digestive system healthy?
Eating/Sleeping well, drinking water, washing your hands, and eating nutrient dense food