digestive system

Question 1

A continuous tube starting from the mouth to the anus

Answer 1

Alimentary

Question 2

break down foo through bit, cut, tear, grind

Answer 2

Teeth

Question 3

muscular organ in the mouth, guide, food, when chewing ans swallow

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 esophagus is called LUMEN

Answer 8

Esophagus

Question 9

food storage place where food 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: make pancreatic juice - helps neutralize stomach acid

Answer 11

Pancreas

Question 12

a juice produced by the liver; helps break down fats

Answer 12

Bile1`

Question 13

organ that produced bile juice to help in digestion

Answer 13

Liver

Question 14

a storage place for bile juice; absorbs vitamins

Answer 14

Gallbladder

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Small intestine

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Vili

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Duodenum

Question 17

middle section of the small intestine. Absorption of the small molecules

Answer 17

Jejunum

Question 18

last section of the small intestine. Absorption of nutrients

Answer 18

IIeunm

Question 19

5 feet long. Another name for large intestine

Answer 19

Colon

Question 20

A rhythmic contraction of the tube from esophagus to the anus

Answer 20

Peristalsis

Question 21

first colon pouch to revive undigested food

Answer 21

Caecum

Question 22

bacteria storage pouch ; located where small and large intestine meet

Answer 22

Appendix

Question 23

absorbing remaining water; squeezing leftover water out of feces

Answer 23

Ascending Colon

Question 24

feces hang to dry; packaging solid waste

Answer 24

Traverse colon

Question 25

feces delivering highway; going towards the rctum

Answer 25

Descending colon

Question 26

the last section of the large intestine; feces storage tank

Answer 26

Rectum

Question 27

indigestible waste

Answer 27

Feces

Question 28

the last opening of the alimentary canal; the exit door

Answer 28

Anus