This organ is where most nutrient absorption occurs.
What is the small intestine?
This is the first place food enters the digestive system.
These foods are high in this type of nutrient.
The main function of the urinary system.
What is removing waste and regulating fluid balance?
Structure #6 (Urinary diagram)
What is the bladder?
This organ produces bile to help digest fats.
What is the liver?
The primary function of the digestive system.
What is breaking down food for energy?
These foods are high in this nutrient.
What are proteins?
The functional units of the kidney.
What are nephrons?
Structure #4 (digestive diagram)
What are the small intestines?
This organ stores and releases bile.
What is the gallbladder?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs water and forms feces.
What is the large intestine?
The body’s main energy source found in breads and pasta.
What are carbohydrates?
A common condition patients with catheters are at risk for.
What are Urinary tract infections (UTI)?
Structure #5 (urinary diagram).
What are the ureters?
This organ secretes insulin and digestive enzymes.
What is the pancreas?
The mixing of food with digestive enzymes.
What is digestion?
The nutrient used for growth and tissue repair
What are proteins?
The reason UTIs are more common in females
What is a shorter urethra?
Structure #1 (urinary diagram)
What is the right kidney?
These organs are considered accessory digestive organs.
What are the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder?
The rhythmic contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
The nutrient that stores energy and helps absorb vitamins.
What are fats?
A common symptom of UTI in elderly patients.
What is confusion?
Structure #10 (digestive diagram)
What is the liver?