The Mouth
When you are chewing, glands make this?
What is Saliva?
This flap of tissue that prevents food from entering the windpipe when you swallow food is called this?
What is the epiglottis?
What type of Centre is the stomach often referred to as?
What is the "Churn and Burn" Centre?
What is the first part of the small intestine called?
What is the duodenum?
The large intestine is this many feet long?
What is five feet?
An adult has this many taste buds.
What is 10,000?
The rhythmic contractions of the muscular walls in the esophagus that pushes the food bolus down the esophagus is called?
What is peristalsis?
How much gastric juice is produced following a large meal? How many cups?
What is 2 cups?
The process by which the small intestine takes nutrients in so that they can get to the rest of the body is called?
What is absorption?
Fibre from fruit can be digested in the large intestine?
What is false?
The tongue pushes food into a round lump called this.
What is a bolus?
What is located at the bottom of the esophagus?
What is the Stomach?
How many hours can the stomach store food after a meal?
What is five hours?
The fingerlike projections on the inner lining of the small intestine are called?
What is villi?
Waste material in the large intestine is called this?
What is feces?
How much saliva is produced each day?
What is 2 quarts?
What would happen if food went down your windpipe?
What would you would choke?
Food leaves the stomach in a liquid form called this?
What is chyme?
The first part of the small intestine is shaped like this?
What is a horshshoe?
This gets reabsorbed in the large intestine.
What is water?
What are the four main tastes we have?
What is sweet, sour, salty, and bitter?
How long is the Esophagus in an adult?
What is 10 inches?
How often is the stomach lining replaced?
What is every 3-5 days?
Chemicals in the small intestine help neutralize this?
What is stomach acid?
What bacteria is normally found in the large intestine?
What is E.coli?