Digestive System

Question 1

Oral cavity, teeth or tongue

Answer 1

Mechanical processing, moistening, mixing with salivary secretions.

Question 2

Salivary Glands

Answer 2

Secrete lubricating fluid that contains enzymes that breaks down carbohydrates

Question 3

Pharynx

Answer 3

Propulses materials into esophagus

Question 4

Esophagus

Answer 4

Transports materials to the stomach

Question 5

Stomach

Answer 5

Acid and enzymes chemically break down material.

Mechanical breakdown takes places through contractions.

Question 6

Liver

Answer 6

Secretes bile, stores nutrients

Question 7

Gallbladder

Answer 7

Storage and concentration of bile

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Exocrine cells secrete buffers, digestive enzymes and hormones

Question 9

Small intestine

Answer 9

Enzymatic digestion

Absorbs ions, substances, water, vitamins

Question 10

Large intestine

Answer 10

Dehydrates and compacts materials that are not digestible and prepares them for elimination

Question 11

Ingestion

Answer 11

Consumption of a substance by an organism

Question 12

Mechanical Digestion

Answer 12

Physical Breakdown
(Chewing, contractions) of food/substances

Question 13

Chemical Digestion

Answer 13

Chemical Breakdown of foods into simpler chemicals

Question 14

Movements

Answer 14

Food particles moving through the digestive system

Question 15

Absorption

Answer 15

Simple molecules absorbed into the body

Question 16

Elimination

Answer 16

Indigestible food molecules eliminated from body