Digestive System

Question 1

Salivary glands

Answer 1

releases watery, slimy saliva into the mouth during eating

Question 2

Esophagus

Answer 2

the muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx down to the stomach

Question 3

Stomach

Answer 3

churns and digests food into a creamy liquid

Question 4

Liver

Answer 4

processes absorbed nutrients and makes bile

Question 5

Pancreas

Answer 5

releases enzymes into the small intestine when food arrives there

Question 6

Small intestine

Answer 6

is where most digestion and absorption of food takes place

Question 7

Large intestine

Answer 7

absorbs water from, and disposes of, waste

Question 8

Rectum

Answer 8

the last part of the large intestine through which waste passes to the outside

Question 9

Anus

Answer 9

the lower opening of the digestive system

Question 10

Appendix

Answer 10

tissue forming a tube-shaped sac attached to the large intestine; it plays no part in digestion in humans but does in some other animals

Question 11

Gall bladder

Answer 11

stores bile made by liver

Question 12

Mouth (digestive system)

Answer 12

chews and swallows food