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

a 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

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

Answer 5

Epiglottis

Question 6

voice box; breathing; swallowing; talking

Answer 6

Larynx

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 part of the esophagus is called LUMEN

Answer 8

Esophagus

Question 9

food storage place where food is mixed with gastric juice

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 organ that produces bile juice to help in digestion

Answer 12

Liver

Question 13

a juice produced by the liver; helps break down fats

Answer 13

Bile

Question 14

a storage place for bile juice; absorbs vitamins

Answer 14

Gallbladder

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Small intestine

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Vili

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Duodenum

Question 18

middle section of the small intestine. Absorption of small molecules

Answer 18

Jejunum

Question 19

last section of the small intestine. Absorption of nutrients

Answer 19

Ileum

Question 20

5 feet long. Another name for large intestine

Answer 20

COLON

Question 21

a rhythmic contraction of the tubes from esophagus to the anus

Answer 21

Peristalsis

Question 22

first colon pouch to receive undigested food

Answer 22

Caecum

Question 23

bacteria storage pouch; located where small and large intestine meet

Answer 23

Appendix

Question 24

absorbing remaining water; squeezing leftover water out of feces

Answer 24

Ascending colon

Question 25

feces hang to dry; packaging solid waste

Answer 25

Traverse colon

Question 26

feces delivering highway; going towards the rectum

Answer 26

Descending colon

Question 27

the last section of the large intestine; feces storage tank

Answer 27

Rectum

Question 28

indigestible waste

Answer 28

Feces

Question 29

the last opening of the alimentary canal; the exit door

Answer 29

Anus