Down the Hatch
This is the rhythmic movement to move food from mouth to stomach.
What is Peristalsis.
This is the tube between Stomach and Mouth.
What is the esophagus.
The throat is divided into how many tubes?
What is two. The esophagus and trachea.
What is the primary role of the digestive system?
What is to break down food and process its nutrients.
This is where feces is stored before it's excreted.
What is the rectum.
This is where food is churned in an acid bath and food is broken down.
What is the Stomach.
Where is villi found?
What is the small intestine.
How many functions does the liver have?
What is hundreds. The liver also produces bile for breaking down fats.
What is the order in which food is digested?
What is mouth, stomach, small intestine, large intestine.
The body's food-processing system.
What is the digestive system.
This is where food is absorbed by the villi and capillaries.
What is the Small Intestine.
In the large intestines this is absorbed after nutrients are removed.
What is water.
This major organ filters toxins from the blood, makes bile and produces many enzymes.
What is the liver.
This organ produces many enzymes that help the body digest carbohydrates, fats and blood proteins. ( lipase, pepsin)
What is the pancreas.
What are the roles and function of Salivary Enzymes?
What is start to break down food. Produce amylase - enzyme used to break down starches to simple sugars.
Where feces exits the body.
What is the anus.
This is the first part of the digestive system. Mechanical and chemical digestion occurs here.
What is the mouth.
This is produced in the liver, is stored in the gall bladder and it breaks down fat.
What is bile.
Solid waste leaves the body through the rectum then the anus. Liquid waste leaves the body after passing through the what?
What is large intestine? kidneys and bladder also process liquid waste.
What is the name of the action the stomach uses to squeeze and move food around before it passes to the small intestine?
What is peristalsis.
What prevents food from entering the trachea and going into the lungs?
What is the epiglottis.
These are tiny hairs which absorbs nutrients. They are found in the small intestine.
What is Villi.
This is where nutrients from our food finally reaches the blood and picked up by red blood cells.
What is the small intestines.
How long is an adult’s small intestine?
What is 22 feet.
True of False. No absorption of nutrients occurs in the large intestine.
What is true.