Digestive System

Digestion 1

100

This is where food is absorbed into the blood

Small intestine

200

True or False: Food material passed through the pancreas just before reaching the small intestine

False

300

This is the liquid in the mouth that helps break down food

Saliva

400

These are the finger like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients from the digested food

Villi

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! These are two organs that pour juices into the small intestine

Pancreas and Gallbladder

Digestion 2

100

This is the J shaped pouch that mixes and squeezes food

Stomach

200

The place where water is removed from the waste

Large intestine

300

This is the process that breaks food into small pieces so the body can use it

Digestion

400

True or false: Digestion starts in your mouth

True

500

This is the tube food slides down before going to the stomach

Esophagus

Digestion 3

100

The hard objects that break down food in the mouth

Teeth

200

These are the three main steps that make up the digestive process

Digestion, Absorption, Egestion (excretion)

300

Solid food is turned into this when it is in the stomach

Liquid (soup like substance)

400

The body must have a variety these, obtained from digested food and broken down into their molecular (smallest) forms in order to live

Nutrients

500

The place where bile is stored to be used later

Gallbladder

Digestion 4

100

This organ adds digestive juices to the small intestine to help break down fats food

Liver

200

The salivary glands in the mouth produce _______, which is used to wet your mouth and start digestion

Saliva

300

Unused food leaves the body and is called__________

Waste

400

This is where a lot of chemical digestion occurs, enzymes and bile are secreted in this location

The start of the small intestine

500

This organ makes bile and processes things such as chemicals, toxins, and medicines

Liver

Digestion 5

100

This is where nutrients are sent after they are absorbed into the body

Cells

200

After leaving the esophagus, food travels here

Stomach

300

These two adjectives describe the small intestine.

Long and narrow

400

Finish this sequence: You swallow and food goes down into the ___________, then your______________, finally into your _________________

Stomach, small intestine, large intestine

500

True or false: most of the digestion process happens in the stomach

False