Fun Facts 1
Digestion starts when?
When we smell or see food
What is the name of the highly acidic Stomach acid?
Hydrochloric Acid
This is where Mechanical Digestion takes place!
The Mouth
What food is good for our digestive tract?
(good to keep our gut microbiome healthy!)
Yogurt!
The Large Intestines main job is to...?
Remove water before the waste is eliminated
Leslie was drinking water and started coughing. She says " sorry guys, it went down the wrong pipe!"
What does she mean by this?
The water went down her Windpipe
What is chemical Digestion?
+ bonus for the name
Enzymes in our saliva perform chemical digestion
Bonus: (Half Points)
Amylase
The main job of the Small Intestines is to..
Absorb all the nutrients!
What feature of the stomach helps kill any potentially harmful germs in our food?
stomach acid
This organ holds food and helps break down food using a highly Acidic Gastric Juice
The Stomach
What prevents stomach acid from hurting the stomach?
The stomach has a mucus lining for protection
What is the soft mush that is swallowed after chewing food called?
Bolus
This organ is besties with the Liver. It stores bile from the liver in it!
The Gallbladder
How long is the small intestines if it were to be stretched out?
22 feet long!
This organ's main job is to squeeze food down into the stomach
The esophagus
**Everyone Bonus**
Who is your favorite BEST teacher!?
Both of us! ;)
Bile made in the liver is used to help breakdown what type of foods?
Fatty Foods
Which organ produces a Basic solution to neutralize stomach acid?
The Pancreas
!!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is the name of the useless organ attached to the Large Intestines
The appendix
This large organ makes bile and helps detoxify our blood!
The Liver
What would happen if the stomach acid was not neutralized and went to places other than the stomach?
It would burn our other organs!
Glucose is a sugar in our blood that give us what?
Energy!!
Name the entire pathway of digestion!
The mouth --> esophagus --> stomach --> small intestines --> large intestines --> out!
What prevents our food from coming back up when we are upside down?
A muscle at the end of the esophagus (sphincter) that closes the stomach once food passes
The pancreas has two jobs... name them both!
1) to produce the basic solution to neutralize stomach acid
2) to regulate blood sugar levels!