Digestive System

Question 1

Indegestion

Answer 1

Taking food into the mouth

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Breaking food down into smaller pieces

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Passing food molecules into blood

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using the food molecules for energy and growth

Question 5

Egestion

Answer 5

Releasing undigested food as feaces through the anus

Question 6

Physical digestion

Answer 6

Breaking food down using the teeth and stomach muscles

Question 7

Chemical digestion

Answer 7

Breaking food down using acids and enzymes

Question 8

Mouth

Answer 8

Food is chewed and mixed with saliva

Question 9

Salivary glands

Answer 9

Produces saliva

Question 10

Stomach

Answer 10

Muscular bag that churns food and mixes it with acids and enzymes to break down protein

Question 11

Liver

Answer 11

Produces bile to help break down fats

Question 12

Pancreas

Answer 12

Produces enzymes

Question 13

Small intestine

Answer 13

Digested food is absorbed into the blood

Question 14

Large intestine

Answer 14

Water is absorbed into the blood

Question 15

Appendix

Answer 15

No function in humans only

In animals that eat grass

Question 16

Rectum

Answer 16

Stores undigested and I absorbed food called faeces

Question 17

Anus

Answer 17

Egestion of faecus occurs here

Question 18

Gall bladder

Answer 18

Stores bile