Digestive system

Question 1

A continuous tube starting from the mouth to the anus

Answer 1

Alimentary Canal

Question 2

Break down food through bite, cut, tear, grind

Answer 2

Teeth

Question 3

Muscular organ in the mouth, guide food when chewing and swallowing

Answer 3

Tongue

Question 4

Throat; serves as a passageway for air and food/water

Answer 4

Pharynx

Question 5

Voice box; breathing; swallowing; talking

Answer 5

Larynx

Question 6

An open/close flap to allow air to pass when not swallowing food

Answer 6

Epiglottis

Question 7

Windpipe; leading oxygen to the lungs

Answer 7

Trachea

Question 8

Tube leading from the mouth to the stomach; the hollow part of the esophagus is called LUMEN

Answer 8

Esophagus

Question 9

Food storage place where food is mixed with gastric juices

Answer 9

Stomach

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Sphincter

Question 11

Maintain blood sugar level: makes pancreatic juice -helps neutralize stomach acid.

Answer 11

Pancreas

Question 12

A juice produced by the liver; helps break down fats

Answer 12

Bile

Question 13

A storage place for bile juice; absorbs vitamins

Answer 13

Gallbladder

Question 13

Organ that produces bile juice to help in digestion

Answer 13

Liver

Question 14

22 feet long (nickname-small bowel) small tube leading from the stomach

Answer 14

Small intestine

Question 15

First section of the small intestine. Bile and pancreatic juice dump here to help digest food

Answer 15

Duodenum

Question 15

A rhythmic contraction of the tubed from esophagus to the anus

Answer 15

Peristalsis

Question 15

Middle section of the small intestine. Absorption of small molecules

Answer 15

Jejunum

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Vili

Question 15

Last section of the small intestine. Absorption of nutrients.

Answer 15

Ileum

Question 16

Bacteria storage pouch; located where small and large intestine meet

Answer 16

Appendix

Question 16

First colon pouch to receive undigested food

Answer 16

Caecum

Question 17

5 feet long. Another name for Large intestine

Answer 17

Colon

Question 18

Absorbing remaining water; squeezing leftover water out of feces

Answer 18

Ascending colon

Question 18

Feces delivering highway; going toward the rectum

Answer 18

Descending colon

Question 19

Indigestible waste

Answer 19

Feces

Question 19

Feces hang to dry; packaging solid waste

Answer 19

Traverse colon

Question 20

The last section of the large intestine; feces storage tank

Answer 20

Rectum

Question 21

The last opening of the alimentary canal; the exit door

Answer 21

Anus