Digestive System

Question 1

Mouth

Answer 1

Food enters here medial to the entire head.

Question 2

Tongue

Answer 2

Used to help break food down in the mouth along with teeth.

Question 3

Parotid Gland

Answer 3

They are anterior to the ears produce saliva.

Question 4

Sublingual Gland

Answer 4

Lie on the floor of the mouth produce saliva.

Question 5

Submandibular Gland

Answer 5

Lie on the floor of the mouth produces saliva.

Question 6

Pharynx

Answer 6

In the back of the mouth food passes through here.

Question 7

Esophogus

Answer 7

Runs from the pharynx through the diaphragm moves food down into the stomach.

Question 8

Stomach

Answer 8

Left side of the abdominal cavity breaks down food and absorbs some nutrients.

Question 9

Pancreas

Answer 9

Extends across the abdomen from the spleen to the duodenum produces enzymes that break down food.

Question 10

Liver

Answer 10

Located under the diaphragm produces bile that breaks down nutrients.

Question 11

Gall Bladder

Answer 11

Tucked into the liver on the inferior surface holds onto bile and then releases it when the duodenum needs it.

Question 12

Duodenum

Answer 12

Part of the small intestine chemical digestion begins here.

Question 13

Jejunum

Answer 13

Second part of the small intestine just past the Duodenum

Question 14

Ileum

Answer 14

Largest part of the small intestine makes up 60% of the small intestine

Question 15

Cecum

Answer 15

A subdivision of the large intestine hold the appendix

Question 16

Transverse Colon

Answer 16

The part of the large intestine that runs laterally along the body

Question 17

Descending Colon

Answer 17

Part of the large intestine after the transverse colon that runs downward

Question 18

Ascending Colon

Answer 18

The part of the large intestine the runs upward before the transverse colon

Question 19

Sigmoid Colon

Answer 19

The S-shaped part of the Large intestine

Question 20

Rectum

Answer 20

The very last part of the large intestine deposits waste into the Anal Cavity

Question 21

Appendix

Answer 21

A worm-like protrusion from the large intestine

Question 22

Anal Canal

Answer 22

Where waste builds up before being excreted

Question 23

Anus

Answer 23

Place where waste is deposited from

Question 24

Spleen

Answer 24

Filters blood like the liver and stores it