Digestive Organs
This organ begins the mechanical breakdown of food and mixes it with saliva
What is the mouth?
These proteins speed up chemical reactions in the digestive system
What are enzymes?
the process by which digested food molecules pass through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
What is absorption?
This organ is about the size of your fist but plays a major role in digestion.
What is the stomach?
This muscular tube connects the mouth to the stomach
What is the esophagus?
The process of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones using chemicals during digestion is called this.
What is chemical digestion?
These molecules are broken down from fats
What are lipids?
TRIPLE POINTS!!
The average adult small intestine is about this many feet long?
About 3 meters or 3 large doors
This organ absorbs most of the nutrition you eat into your blood stream
What is the small intestine?
The enzyme in saliva that begins breaking down starch
What is amylase?
This system transports absorbed nutrients to cells throughout the body.
What is the blood stream or circulatory system?
This organ can regenerate even after part of it is removed.
What is the liver?
This finger-like projection in the small intestine increases surface area for absorption.
What is the villi or villus?
The acidic substance in the stomach that helps digest proteins
What is stomach acid or HCL?
These tiny finger-like projections in the small intestine increase surface area for absorption.
What are villi?
This organ produces insulin for your body
What is the pancreas?
This organ absorbs most of the water in your body and forms feces (poo)
What is the large intestine?
DOUBLE POINTS!!
the process in which one or more substances are transformed into new substances.
What is a chemical reaction?
Most nutrient absorption occurs in this part of the digestive system.
What is the small intestine?
DOUBLE POINTS!!
This organ is sometimes called the “second brain” because of its nerve network.
What is the gut or intestines?