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Where does the first step of the digestive system take place?
Mouth
What is the function of the esophagus?
Transports food from the mouth to the stomach
What part of your mouth helps with mechanical digestion?
Teeth
What is the function of the saliva?
breaking down food by secreting enzymes
What is the function of the tongue?
Mixing the food with saliva and help pushing down the food to the esophagus.
Name the MAIN digestive system organs in the correct order
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
What helps the stomach to digest food?
Acids, enzymes and peristalsis
Which intestine is longer? how much?
Small- 6-7 meters long
What happens to the undigested food? where?
In the large intestine reabsorption of water and salts take place then defecation takes place.
What happens to the digested food? where?
Absorption takes place in the small intestine and blood carries the nutrients to the whole body.
What is the function of the small intestines?
Absorbs all the nutrients and sends it through to the rest of the body.
How does the small intestine send nutrients to the rest of the body?
Through the bloodstream
Apart from the mouth, where else does mechanical digestion occur?
Stomach
Which type of muscle lining the esophagus?
Smooth muscle
What are the digestive system helpers?
Liver, pancreas and gall bladder.
What is the main function of the large intestines?
Absorbs water and compacts the waste
Name 2 functions of the digestive system
Breakdown food into nutrients, and sends waste out of your body
Where does most of the digestion take place
Small intestine
Where do water and minerals reabsorption take place?
Large intestine
Where do vitamins and minerals absorption take place?
Small intestine
What is chemical digestion?
The breaking down of food into smaller pieces by chemicals like saliva or enzymes
What prevents food from entering the windpipe
Epiglottis
What is the squeezing of the food in the esophagus called?
Peristalsis
What is mechanical digestion?
Breaking down of materials by breaking, tearing, crushing and mashing
What causes constipation?
Changes in diet or routine, or due to inadequate intake of fiber or due to excessive water reabsorption by large intestine