digestion

Question 1

pancreas

Answer 1

a gland that produces juices in the small intestine to help the digestion of food

Question 2

small intestine

Answer 2

a long, thin tube connected to your stomach that breaks down food and takes the nutrients to all the parts in your body

Question 3

chyme

Answer 3

the thick, soupy juice in the stomach

Question 4

rectum

Answer 4

the place where solid waste is stored until it is ready to be removed from the body

Question 5

chemical digestion

Answer 5

digestion that occurs when enzymes and other chemicals break down large food molecules into smaller ones

Question 6

mechanical digestion

Answer 6

breakdown of food using chewing, mixing, and churning

Question 7

salivary glands

Answer 7

these glands produce the liquid in your mouth that begins breaking starch into sugar

Question 8

stomach

Answer 8

this is the baglike digestive organ in which food is churned and mixed, this also produces juices that help to break up food particles

Question 9

villi

Answer 9

these are the tiny finger-shaped projections in the small intestine through which nutrients pass into the bloodstream

Question 10

epiglottis

Answer 10

a flap of skin that closes to prevent food from going into the trachea

Question 11

liver

Answer 11

organ that produces bile, a juice produced to help the intestines break down food

Question 12

saliva

Answer 12

clear liquid made by the salivary glands that work in the mouth to help break down the starches in food into sugars

Question 13

peristalsis

Answer 13

this is a wave of muscular movement that pushes food through the digestive system

Question 14

digestion

Answer 14

the process in which food is broken down into smaller substances that can be used by the body

Question 15

large intestine

Answer 15

a fat, short tube that stores unused food for 24 hours and absorbs water out of the food. It passes that waste food into the rectum

Question 16

acids

Answer 16

these are chemicals found in our digestive juices that help break down food

Question 17

esophagus

Answer 17

a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

Question 18

anus

Answer 18

opening where waste leaves the body after digestion

Question 19

trachea

Answer 19

another word for windpipe, the tube in which takes air from your nose and mouth to your lungs

Question 20

teeth

Answer 20

the body part used to bite and chew

Question 21

gall bladder

Answer 21

the organ that stores bile until it is needed for the digestion

Question 22

mouth

Answer 22

the opening through which food is taken in