What is added to the food in the mouth?
Saliva
What part of the digestive system churns the food?
stomach
Name the two types of digestion
mechanical or chemical
The digestive system starts in the...?
mouth
Name this organ:
What is your stomach?
Why do we need food
energy/ growth/ repair
What muscle is responsible for the pushing down and contracting of the digestive system?
peristalsis
What is the breakdown of food called?
Digestion
Name the function of the teeth
To physically breakdown food
these finger like in the small intestine
villi
food that is turned into a soft mass
bolus
Which nutrient gives us short-term energy?
carbohydrates
This organ produces bile
What is your liver?
Name a Vitamin
A D E K B C
What organ contains villi?
the small intestine
THis organ regulates blood sugar?
pancreas
This organ reabsorbs water into the body and compacts solid waste in preparation for elimination
The large intestine
this organ connects the mouth to the stomach
the esophagus
mechanical digestion is done by
peristalsis
gallbladder helps break down ??
fat
this is a sac attached to large intestine helps with immune support.
appendix
name a food high in starch
potatoes, rice, pasta
This organ MAKES bile for digestion.
What is the liver?
Chyme can be in large intestine for how many days?
What is three days?
This organ STORES bile for digestion.
What is the gallbladder?