Anatomy Basics
This organ is where digestion begins.
What is the mouth
This enzyme in saliva breaks down starch.
What is amylase?
This process is the physical breakdown of food
What is mechanical digestion?
These glands produce saliva
What is saliva glands?
This organ stores and churns food with acid
What is the stomach?
This stomach acid helps break down proteins.
What is hydrochloric acid?
This process uses enzymes to break down food
What is chemical digestion?
This organ produces bile
What is the liver?
This long organ absorbs most nutrients
What is the small intestine?
This enzymes breaks down protein in the stomach
What is pepsin?
This movement pushes food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
This organ stores bile?
What is gallbladder?
This organ absorbs water and forms feces.
What is the large intestine?
This substance, produced by the liver, helps digest fats.
What is bile?
This process allows nutrients to pass into the bloodstream.
What is absorption?
This organ produces digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.
What is the pancreas?
This muscular tube connects the throat to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This enzyme breaks down fats into fatty acids.
What is lipase?
This process removes undigested waste from the body.
What is elimination?
This duct carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.
What is the bile duct?