Digestive system

Question 1

Epiglottis

Answer 1

A flap of tissue that sits beneath your tongue that closes of the entry to your lungs

Question 2

Oesophagus

Answer 2

Is a food pipe that directs food to the stomach

Question 3

Peristalsis

Answer 3

A tube that moves food and fluids through each stage of the digestive process

Question 4

Liver

Answer 4

This controls the number of glucose in the blood also makes bile

Question 5

Stomach

Answer 5

A large muscular organ that churns and mixes food and then sends it to the small intestine in small portions

Question 6

Appendix

Answer 6

a small projection at the begging of large intestine which protects good bacteria

Question 7

Salivary Glands

Answer 7

Make salivar which aids in digestion and keeps your mouth moist and support your teeth

Question 8

Gallbladder

Answer 8

Stores bile made in the liver until needed in the small intestine

Question 9

pancreas

Answer 9

makes chemicals called enzymes that are used in the small intestine

Question 10

Small intestine

Answer 10

Helps digest food coming from the stomach. After the food has been broken down in the SI chemicals break down into small droplets so it can go into the bloodstream

Question 11

Large intestine

Answer 11

Undigested water passes into the large intestine to the small intestine

Question 12

rectum

Answer 12

where faeces is stored in the last part of the large intestine

Question 13

Tongue

Answer 13

Moulds the food broken down by the teeth into a small ball called a bolus

Question 14

Teeth

Answer 14

Bites and chews the food. There are 4 types of teeth. Incizors, canine, premolar and molar

Question 15

bile

Answer 15

digests fat and removes toxins