Digestive System Flashcards
Digestive tract or alimentary organs
Mouth
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Accessory organs
Teeth
Tongue
Salivary glands
Pancreas
Liver
Gallbladder
The digestive system consists of parts of the body working together that help turn food and liquids into the building blocks and fuel the body needs
Digestive breakdown
How many is the milk teeth?
20
Adult set of teeth
32
First teeth of the baby
Central incisor
Slippery protein (mucus)
Mucin
Function of mouth
Break up food
Digest starch
Kill germs
Moisten food
Involuntary muscle contractions to mood food along
Peristalsis
Food is temporary stored up here
Two to four hours
Stomach can stretch to
2liters of food
Acidic ph number
1.5-2.5
Food is farther broken down into a thin liquid called
Chyme
Pouch structure located near the liver which concentrates the store biles
Gallbladder
A long tube that carries bile
Bile duct