What is the "J" shaped sac that our food travels to?
What is the stomach.
100
This type of digestion occurs by the grinding of teeth to break down food into smaller pieces.
What is mechanical digestion.
100
The pancreas is a flat shaped organ located beneath which organ?
What is the stomach.
200
What are the two glands where secretion comes from?
What are the salivary glands.
200
This type of digestion takes places when saliva helps change the food into simpler substances, making it easier to swallow.
What is chemical digestion.
200
These are located both under the tongue, and in the back of the nasal cavity and cause secretion.
What are the salivary glands.
300
What is the muscular tube where food passes through to reach the stomach.
What is the esophagus.
300
This process of contraction and relaxation in the esophagus helps food get pushed down to the stomach from the throat.
What is peristalsis.
300
This is located between the mouth and stomach and allows food to pass through our body.
What is the esophagus.
400
What is the VERY long, coiled, tube-like organ where most of the food's nutrients are absorbed into the body?
What is the small intestine.
400
These tiny finger-like structures help absorb the nutrients in our food into the bloodstream.
What are villi.
400
Where is the small intestine located?
What is inside the large intestine of the lower abdomen.
500
What is the storage sac called that holds the bile produced in the liver?
What is the gallbladder.
500
This organ is located between the small intestine and the large intestine, but has zero purpose in our bodies. It sometimes can get infected and has to be removed.
What is the appendix.
500
This organ is located opposite of the stomach and underneath it lies the gallbladder.