digestive system

Question 1

mouth

Answer 1

location- face

function- first site of food entrance, hold saliva glands first site of chimical digestion

Question 2

Tounge

Answer 2

location- inside mouth
function swirl the food aroun in your mouth, help break them down

Question 3

Parotid gland

Answer 3

location- in the mouth

funtion- largest saliva gland, begin digestion of starches

Question 4

sublingual gland

Answer 4

location- floor of mouth beneath the tongue

Function- secrete mucus

Question 5

submanidubular gland

Answer 5

location- the neck

function- secretes mucous and thinner fluid

Question 6

pharynx

Answer 6

location- throat, behind the nasal cavity

function- food passes through it posteriorly into the oropharynx

Question 7

esophagus

Answer 7

location- runs through the diaphragm to the stomach

function- conduct food to the stomach

Question 8

stomach

Answer 8

location- left side of the abdnominal cavity

fuction- main site of chemical break down of food

Question 9

pancreas

Answer 9

location- posterior to the parietal peritoneum

function-produce enzymes to break down the digestible foods

Question 10

liver

Answer 10

location-largest gland in the body under the diaphram

Function- produce bile for digestion

Question 11

gall bladder

Answer 11

location- small green ball located on the inferior surface of the liver
FUnction- store the bile

Question 12

duodenum

Answer 12

location- shortest part of the small intestine

function- chemical digestion

Question 13

jejunum

Answer 13

location- small intestine

function- abosorbtion of small nuetrient particles

Question 14

lleum

Answer 14

absorb vitamin b12

Question 15

cecum

Answer 15

location- small intestine 
function - absorb fluid and salts

Question 16

transverse colon

Answer 16

location- long part of the large intestine

funciton- extract water

Question 17

descending colon

Answer 17

location-left side of large intestine

function- stores food to be emptied into the rectum

Question 18

ascending colon

Answer 18

location-right of large intestine

Function- carries poop

Question 19

sigmoid colon

Answer 19

location- after decending colon

function- moves stool throught the rectum

Question 20

rectum

Answer 20

function- temporary storage of fecces

Question 21

appendix

Answer 21

location - large intestine

funciton- lymph tissue

Question 22

anal canal

Answer 22

butt, move waste

Question 23

anus

Answer 23

exit for waste

Question 24

spleen

Answer 24

fight bacteria