Digeative System

Question 1

What do humans need to survive?

Answer 1

Water & Food

Question 2

What do we need food for?

Answer 2

1. Give our bodies energy
2. To grow our muscles and bones

Question 3

What is the aim of the digestive system?

Answer 3

The digestive systems job is to break food down into smaller molecules so that it can be passed into the blood

Question 4

What are the parts of the digestive system?

Answer 4

Mouth, Saliva glands , Oesophagus, Liver, Stomach , Gallbladder, pancreas, Large & Small intestines & appendix

Question 5

Where is food ingested from?

Answer 5

The mouth(?)

Question 6

What physically breaks down food?

Answer 6

Your teeth

Question 7

What chemically breaks down food?

Answer 7

Enzymes ( which are found in the food) chemically break down food

Question 8

What are the 4 types of teeth?

Answer 8

Incisors, Canines, Premolars & Molars

Question 9

What are incisors used for/located?

Answer 9

They are sharp teeth at the front of the mouth used to hit and cut.

Question 10

What do the canines do?

Answer 10

They are pointed teeth used for tearing food apart

Question 11

What are premolars used for?

Answer 11

Premolars are large rounded teeth used for crushing food

Question 12

What are Molars used for/located/size?

Answer 12

Molars are the largest teeth found at the back of the mouth, they are used for crushing food.

Question 13

What does the Oesophagus connect?

Answer 13

It connects the mouth to the stomach

Question 14

What is the Oesophagus’s job?

Answer 14

It’s job is to further physical digest food and bring it to the stomach

Question 15

What is the stomach?

Answer 15

The stomach is a muscular that physically churns and stores food.

Question 16

What is the name of the acid that chemically changes food?

Answer 16

Hydrochloric acid

Question 17

Where does food from the stomach enter?

Answer 17

The Small Intestine

Question 18

What breaks down food in the small intestine?

Answer 18

Enzymes

Question 19

What small ridges allow food to be absorbed into the bloodstream?

Answer 19

Villi

Question 20

Can you live without the Small Intestine?

Answer 20

NO

Question 21

What does the pancreas make?

Answer 21

The pancreas makes the enzymes that break the down the food in the small intestine

Question 22

What organ makes a substance called bile

Answer 22

Gallbladder

Question 23

What does bile break down?

Answer 23

Fats ( Saturated & Unsaturated)

Question 24

What disease is related/ found in the gallbladder?

Answer 24

Gallstones

Question 25

How do gallstones form?

Answer 25

They form when bile builds up and hardens in the gallbladder

Question 26

What is an enzyme?

Answer 26

An enzyme is a substance that breaks down food.

Question 27

What is the largest organ Inside the body?

Answer 27

Liver

Question 28

Can the liver regenerate itself?

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

What is the temperature your body MUST be kept at always?

Answer 29

37C

Question 30

What organ helps keep the body at 37C?

Answer 30

The liver

Question 31

What does the liver produce?

Answer 31

Bile

Question 32

Where does food from the small intestine go into?

Answer 32

The large intestine

Question 33

What is the large intestines job?

Answer 33

It’s job is to reabsorb water into the bloodstream

Question 34

What else does the large intestine do?

Answer 34

It also prepares undigested food to be excreted( poop )