Digestive 1
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 first section of the small intestine?
Duodenum
What moves food throughout the alminetary canal through swallowing and peristalis.
Propulsion
Name the MAIN digestive system organs in the correct order (Hint: 5 organs)
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
What is mechanical digestion?
Breaking down of materials by breaking, tearing, crushing and mashing
If you were to lay them rolled out, which intestine is longer ?
Small
What is the third section of the small intestine
Ileum
What does the esophagus secret in order to move food
Mucus
What is the function of the small intestines?
Absorbs all the nutrients and sends it through to the rest of the body.
What is chemical digestion?
The breaking down of food into smaller pieces by chemicals like saliva or enzymes
Apart from the mouth, where else does mechanical digestion occur?
Stomach
What organ produces digestive enzymes/hormones to digest fats, carbohydrates, and proteins?
Pancreas
What is the movement of nutrients, water, electrolytes from the small intestine into the cell then into the blood.
Absorption
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
What prevents food from entering the windpipe
Epiglottis
What organ stores bile and makes it thicker before realsing it into the upper small intestine?
Gallbladder
What are the accessory organs of the digestive system?
Pancreas, gallbladder, and liver
Why do we fart?
Because air gets into our digestive system when we sleep and eat.
How does the small intestines send nutrients to the rest of the body?
Through the bloodstream
What is the squeezing of the food in the esophagus called?
Peristalsis
What organ filters out toxins and waste.
Liver
What part of the GI tract secrets mucus which allow food to pushed into the stomach by contractions called peristalsis.
Espohagus