B3 Digestion And Enzymes

Question 1

What is the function of the mouth

Answer 1

It digests food with teeth

Chemical digestion by enzymes in saliva

Question 2

Whats the function of the oesophagus

Answer 2

Carries food from the mouth to the stomach

Question 3

What is the function of the stomach

Answer 3

Digests food omach acids and digestive enzymes

Question 4

Whats the function of the liver

Answer 4

Produces green liquid called bile that neutralises stomach acids and helps breakdown fats into droplets

Question 5

Whats the function of the pancreas

Answer 5

Produces digestive enzymes that helps to breakdown food

Question 6

Whats the function of the gall bladder

Answer 6

It stores and realeases bile into the small intestine

Question 7

Whats the function of the bile duct

Answer 7

Tube like structure which carries bile from the gallbladder to the duodenum

Question 8

Whats the small intestines function

Answer 8

Digested food is absorbed from the small intestine into the bloodstream, ezpnzymes are produced to break it down even more

Question 9

Whats the function of the large intestine

Answer 9

Passes undigested food into the rectum

Question 10

Whats the function of the duodenum

Answer 10

Receives food from the stomach and absorbs it

Question 11

Whats the function of the rectum

Answer 11

Undigested food (poo) is stored and leaves the body

Question 12

Whats the functionof the anus

Answer 12

Where poo leaves the body