Digestive System

Question 0

What does glands produce? (In the mouth)

Answer 0

These produce amylase in the saliva

Question 1

The breakdown of food is catalysed by..

Answer 1

Enzymes

Question 2

What is the use of liver?

Answer 2

It is where bile is produced. Bile neutralises stomach acid and emulsifies fats.

Question 3

What is the use of gall bladder? (Below the liver)

Answer 3

It is where bile is stored, before released into the small intestine.

Question 4

What is the use of large intestine?

Answer 4

Where excess water is absorbed from the food

Question 5

What does the stomach do?

Answer 5

It pummels the food with its muscular walls.
It produces the protease enzyme, pepsin.
It produces hydrochloric acid for two reasons : to kill bacteria and to give the right pH for the protease enzyme to work (pH 2 - acidic)

Question 6

What does the pancreas do? (Below the stomach)

Answer 6

It produces protease, amylase and lipase enzymes. It releases these into the small intestine.

Question 7

What does the small intestines do?

Answer 7

1) produces protease, amylase and lipase enzymes to complete digestion.
2) this is also where the ‘food’ is absorbed out of the digestive system into the body.

Question 8

What is the the rectum?(bum hole)

Answer 8

Where the faeces (poop- made up of mainly indigestible food) are dried before they bid you fond farewell through the anus.