Just Breathe!
I am a fancy word for the throat
What is the pharynx
I am the muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
What is the esophagus
The tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs are...
What are bronchi
Almost all food is absorbed in this organ
What is the small intestine
I am the thick, slippery substance that lines the respiratory and digestive systems
What is mucus
I am a fancy word for your windpipe
What is your trachea
I am the j shaped organ that does most of the mechanical digestion
What is the stomach
What type of vessels are wrapped around the alveoli?
what are capillaries
I am the longest section of the digestive system
What is the small intestine
I make bile
What is the liver
I am the tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs
What are the bronchi
The process of breaking down food into nutrient molecules is...
What is digestion
I am a fancy word for the voice box
What is the larynx
Water is absorbed into the bloodstream in this part of the digestive system
What is the large intestine
The respiratory system is connected to this system in the pharynx
What is the digestive system
There are 300 million of me in the lungs...tiny air sacs
What are alveoli
Most mechanical digestion occurs here
What is the stomach
There are 2 substances that the lungs excrete or get rid of...what are they?
What are carbon dioxide and water
I am the small "fingers" in the small intestine where glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream
What are villi
I store bile made by the liver and secrete it into the small intestine
What is the gall bladder
I am a gas that cells need to make energy
What is oxygen!!
I am a protein that helps speed up chemical reactions in the body ( lactase, amylase, pepsin...)
What is an enzyme
I am the flap of tissue that prevents food from going into the windpipe
What is the epiglottis
I am the triangular organ that secretes enzymes into the S.I. which break down fats, proteins and starches
What is the pancreas
I am the muscular contractions of the digestive system that keep the food moving forward
What is peristalsis