Terrific Teeth
Grinding, chewing, tearing machines.
What are teeth?
Digestion that starts as soon as food comes into contact with saliva in the mouth.
What is chemical digestion?
A verse that tells us to control our tongues.
What is James 3:2?
The two type of muscles that line the esophagus and push food down into the stomach.
What are circular and long muscles?
Digestion begins when food enters this place.
What is the mouth?
The part of the tooth that can be seen above the gum.
What is the crown?
99% of the makeup of saliva.
What is water or extracellular fluid?
The organ that pushes food onto the molars until it is broken down enough to swallow.
What is the tongue?
The sound made by air trapped in the folds of your stomach once it is empty.
What is growling?
The system of the body that breaks down food and uses the nutrients for our body.
What is the digestive system?
The living part of your tooth where cells are found; it supports enamel and absorbs shocks.
What is dentin?
A digestive enzyme found in and produced by saliva. It is also produced by the pancreas.
The movement the tongue makes because you can control it.
What is voluntary movement?
A substance made by the stomach to protect the stomach lining from being harmed.
What is mucus?
One name for the passage through which food passes.
What is the gastroesophageal tract?
The part of the tooth where nerves and blood vessels are found.
What is pulp?
Protects teeth, breaks down food, kills bacteria, and makes food taste better.
What is the work of saliva?
The back part of the roof of your mouth that you feel with your tongue.
What is the soft palate?
A substance made by the stomach cells to aid in digestion.
What is pepsin?
Alimentary canal, a passage through which food travels.
What is another name for the gastroesophageal tract?
The hardest substance in your body.
What is enamel?
The inside of your upper cheek and under your tongue.
What are the locations of salivary glands?
A soft flap of cartilage found at the back of the throat that seals off the larynx when you swallow.
What is the epiglottis?
A special circular muscle at the meeting point between the stomach and esophagus that keeps food from going back up the esophagus.
What is the gastroesophageal sphincter?
The waste product which is the result of food processing through your body.
What is defecation?