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Which organ produces saliva?
What is salivary glands.
100
Rectum
What is the organ that stores feces until they are ready to be expelled.
100
What mineral strengthens bones and teeth?
What is calcium.
100
What happens when somebody doesn't eat all the nutrients they need.
What is Malnutrition.
100
What does the digestive system break down?
What is food.
200
The opening that lets the food into the body.
What is the mouth.
200
Anus
What is an opening in the body that allows waste to escape.
200
Name 2 things that Vitamin C does.
What is fight disease, helps absorb iron, and strengthens tissue.
200
When stomach acid is forced into the Esophagus.
What is heartburn.
200
How many parts are there to the digestive system?
What is 12.
300
The part where most of the digesting takes place.
What is the Small Intestine.
300
Large Intestine
What is it stores, compacts, and eliminates indigestible material from the body.
300
Name 3 minerals that you need a large amount of.
What is calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
300
Pancreasitis
What is inflamation of the pancreas.
300
What are the two words that vitamin is derived from?
What is vital and amines.
400
A small organ that stores bile.
What is gallbladder.
400
Pancreas
What is the part that makes fluid that protect the small intestine from the acid.
400
What vitamin helps your blood clot?
What is Vitamin K.
400
Appendicitis
What is the inflamation of the appendix.
400
Peristalsis
What is the way that the esophagus moves food.
500
The organ that helps with digestion and makes bile.
What is the liver.
500
Parts of the Colon
What are the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid.
500
Name 2 minerals that you need a small amount of.
What are fluorine, iodine, iron, and zinc.
500
What is another name for heartburn?
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux.
500
Define Digestion
What is the act of breaking down food into proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals to give the body energy and to promote growth.