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 ans swallowing

Answer 3

tongue

Question 4

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

Answer 4

pharynx

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Epiglottis

Question 6

voice box; breathing swallowing and talking

Answer 6

larynx

Question 6

windpipe; leading oxygen to the lungs

Answer 6

trachea

Question 7

tube leading from the mouth to the stomach; the hollow part of the esophagus is called lumen

Answer 7

esophagus

Question 8

food storage place where food is mixed with gastric juice

Answer 8

stomach

Question 8

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

Answer 8

pancreas

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Sphincter

Question 10

organ the produce bile juice to help in digestion

Answer 10

liver

Question 11

a juice produced by the liver; helps break down fats

Answer 11

bile

Question 12

a storage place for bile juice ; absorbs vitamins

Answer 12

gallblader

Question 13

22 feet long ,small tube leading from the stomach

Answer 13

small intestine

Question 13

first section of the small intestine. bile and pancreatic juice dump here to help digest food

Answer 13

duodenum

Question 13

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

Answer 13

villi

Question 14

middle section of the small intestine. absorption of small molecules

Answer 14

jejunum

Question 15

last section of the small intestine. abortion of nutrients

Answer 15

Ileum

Question 16

5 feet long. Another name for large intestine

Answer 16

Colon