Parts of the digestive system
This is the first part of the digestive system.
What is the mouth?
A bite of food is known as this.
What is bolus.
This body part secretes insulin.
What is the pancreas?
This word means to divide or break down into smaller parts.
What is digest?
The main function of the digestive system is to take food, convert it to glucose, and deliver it to cells by this system.
What is the circulatory system?
There are two types of cells in the lining of the stomach. They are the parietal cells and these cells.
What are chief cells (aka peptic cells)?
This contains enzymes which, when mixed with the bolus begin the digestive process.
What is saliva?
This is known to have close to 500 specific jobs including filtering the blood.
What is the liver?
The lining of the stomach is protected from digesting itself because of the presence of this.
What is mucus?
This is the enzyme present in saliva.
What is amylase?
This hormone regulates the ability of glucose to enter cells of the body.
What is insulin?
These are used to mechanically break down food into smaller pieces.
What are teeth?
This organ's primary role is water reabsorption and production and absorption of vitamin K.
What is the large intestine?
When food enters the small intestine, it has this new name.
What is chyme?
This produces enzymes that are delivered through small tubes going directly through the wall of the duodenum.
What is the pancreas.
This is known as the "back door" of the stomach.
What is the pyloric sphincter?
Food moves from the mouth to the stomach through the esophagus by the action of these kinds of muscles.
What are smooth muscles?
The part of the small intestine whose main job is absorption of nutrients.
What is the jejunum?
The rhythmic movement through the digestive tract is known as this.
What is peristalsis?
The liver produces this, which is stored in the gallbladder until fatty foods move by the in the small intestine.
What is bile?
The jejunum is where these allow for great surface area form nutrient absorption.
What are microvilli?
This is known as the "front door" of the stomach.
What is the cardiac sphincter?
These are a type of muscle that encircle an opening.
What are sphincter muscles?
This type of muscle is used in at the beginning of the digestive process and at the end of the digestive process.
What is skeletal muscle?
The parietal cells of the stomach produce this.
What is hydrochloric acid?