Digestive System

Question 1

Esophagus

Answer 1

The squishy tube that squeezes food down to your stomach!

Question 2

Stomach

Answer 2

Contains enzymes that break down food! Mechanical and chemical digestion.

Question 3

Mechanical digestion

Answer 3

Physically breaking down food!

Question 4

Chemical digestion

Answer 4

Breaking down the bonds in the nutrients!

Question 5

Saliva

Answer 5

Contains enzymes that break down starch

Question 6

Epiglottis

Answer 6

Closes the trachea when you eat!

Question 7

Small intestines

Answer 7

Use digestive agents- lipase, amylase and protease (enzymes)
Also the villi in the walls absorb nutrients into the bloodstream.

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Releases enzymes into the small intestine! Releases insulin and glucagon into the blood.

Question 9

Large intestine (colon)

Answer 9

Preps to get rid of undigested materials! Then it goes out the rectum.

Question 10

Liver

Answer 10

Makes bile that breaks down fats! Filters toxins from blood.

Question 11

Gall bladder

Answer 11

Stores bile for until the small intestine needs it!