Chapter 1: Digestive System

Question 1

What is the digestive system?

Answer 1

The system of organs responsible for getting food into and out of the body, and for making use of food to keep the body healthy

Question 2

What is the function of the mouth?

Answer 2

Indigestion, intake of food, and storage if food as it is waiting to be digested

Question 3

What is the function of the salivary glands?

Answer 3

Produces saliva
Helps break down carbohydrates
Lubricates the passage of food down from the oro-pharynx, to the esophagus, to the stomach

Question 4

What is the function if the esophagus?

Answer 4

Is a transport tube that directs the progression of food and fluids from the mouth to the stomach
The walls of the esophagus propel food to the stomach by rhythmic waves of muscular contractions, called peristalsis

Question 5

What is the function of the liver?

Answer 5

Bile production or excretion

Question 6

What is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 6

Stores bike until its needed for digestion

Question 7

What is the function of the stomach?

Answer 7

Temporary storage for food, which passes through the esophagus
Mixing and breaking down food by contraction and relaxation of the muscle layers of the stomach
Digestion of food

Question 8

What is the function of the pancreas?

Answer 8

Makes pancreatic juices called enzymes

These enzymes break down sugars, fats and starches

Question 9

What is the function of the large intestine?

Answer 9

To absorb water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food
Gets rid of waste products left over

Question 10

What is the function of the small intestine?

Answer 10

Carrie’s out most of the digestive process

Absorbs almost all of the nutrients you get from foods, into your bloodstream

Walls of the small intestine make digestive juices that work together with enzymes from the liver and pancreas to do this

Question 11

What is the function of the appendix?

Answer 11

Protects good bacteria in the gut

Question 12

What is the function of the rectum?

Answer 12

Stores stool until it pushes stool out of your anus during bowel movement

Question 13

What is the function of the anus?

Answer 13

Let’s you know whether the contents of the bowel movement are liquid, gas or solid

Is surrounded by sphincter muscles that are important in allowing control of stool

Question 14

What are enzymes?

Answer 14

Are proteins that act as biological catalysts in living organisms, regulating the rate at which chemical reactions proceed without itself being altered in the process

Question 15

What are the final products of each class of food?

Answer 15

Carbohydrates get broken down into simple sugars such as glucose

Fats get broken down into fatty acids and glycerol

Proteins get broken down into amino acids