Digestive System

Question 1

Mouth

Answer 1

Ingest’s food and breaks it down into smaller poeces

Question 2

Salivary glands

Answer 2

Breaks down starch into sugar

Question 3

Oesophagus

Answer 3

Peristalsis happens where is pushes food down into the stomach

Question 4

Stomach

Answer 4

Stores, breaks down and moves food down into the digestive system

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

Bile is produced here

Question 6

Gall bladder

Answer 6

Bile is stored here and neutralises the hydrochloric acid from the stomach before being released into the alimentary canal

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Releases pancreatic juice into the small intestine. Some juices like amylase, protease, lipase and others are in there

Question 9

Small intestine

Answer 9

Duodenum and ileum gets all the absorption. Where the process of absorption takes place

Question 10

Appendix

Answer 10

Stores healthy parts of the gut bacteria

Question 11

Large intestine

Answer 11

Where undigested food and waste products continue to go through

Question 12

Anus

Answer 12

Egestion happens here

Question 14

Adaptations of the small villus

Answer 14

• The taller it is the larger the surface area is which helps with absorption
• they have a one cell thick wall for quicker absorption and good blood supply