Digestive System Flashcards

1
Q

A continuous tube starting form mouth to anus

A

Alimentary Canal

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2
Q

break down food through bite,cut,tear,grind

A

Teeth

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3
Q

muscular organ in the mouth

A

Tongue

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4
Q

serves as a pass way for air and food/water

A

Pharynx

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5
Q

an open/close flap

A

Epiglottis

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6
Q

voice box

A

Larynx

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7
Q

windpipe

A

Thrachea

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8
Q

tube leading from the mouth to the stomach

A

Esophagus

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9
Q

food storage place where food is mixed with gastric juice

A

Stomach

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10
Q

opening and closing of the tube in the stomach area and anus opening

A

Sphincter

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11
Q

maintain blood sugar level

A

Pancreas

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12
Q

organ that produces bile juice to help in digestion

A

Liver

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13
Q

a juice produced by the liver

A

Bile

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14
Q

a storage place for bile juice

A

Gallbladder

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15
Q

22 feet long small tube leading from the stomach

A

Small intestine

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16
Q

finger-like protrusion in the small intestine that helps absorb nutrients from the food

A

Vili

17
Q

first section of the small intestine

A

Duodenum

18
Q

middle section of the small intestine

A

Jejunum

19
Q

last section of the small intestine

A

Ileum

19
Q

5 feet long. Another name for large intestine

A

Colon

20
Q

A rhythmic contraction of the tubes from esophagus to the anus

A

Peristalsis

21
Q

first colon pouch to receive undigested food

A

Caecum

22
Q

bacteria storage pouch

A

Appendix

23
Q

absorbing remaining water

A

Ascending colon

24
Q

feces hang to dry

A

Traverse colon

25
Q

feces delivering highway

A

Descending colon

26
Q

The last section of the large intestine

A

Rectum

27
Q

indigestible waste

A

Feces

28
Q

the last opening of the alimentary canal

A

Anus