Digestive Structures
Where digestion begins.
The mouth
The Heart
Where does digestion begin?
The mouth
The_______ breaks food down with acid.
stomach
What carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste through your body?
blood
esophagus
Carries blood away from the heart.
Arteries
moves food to the stomach
esophagus
The_________ helps start digestion by chemical and mechanical digestion.
mouth
Red blood cells________.
carry oxygen
A muscular bag that mixes and breaks down food with acid and enzymes.
The Stomach
Carries blood to the heart.
mixes food with acid to break it down.
stomach
The__________ pumps the blood.
Heart
White blood cells___________.
fight germs
Absorbs nutrients from the food.
Tiny vessels where nutrients and oxygen enter the blood.
Capillaries
absorbs nutrients
small intestine
Blood Carries__________ and nutrients to your cells.
oxygen
Helps blood clot.
Platelets
Removes water and forms waste
Large intestines
Where does blood get its oxygen from?
The lungs
absorbs water and removes waste
Large intestines
_______ carry blood back to the heart.
Veins
What is plasma mainly made of?
Water