Digestive Word Play Flashcards
Produces bile, produces plasma proteins, detoxifies body and stored nutrients
Liver
Secretes hydrochloric and acid pepsinogen to begin the chemical break down of food
Stomach
Connects the throat to the stomach
Esophagus
The third part of the small intestine
Ileum
The last portion of the large intestine , stores stool until defecation
Rectum
Prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing
Epiglottis
Second part of the small intestine
Jejunum
First part of the small intestine
Duodenum
The chemical and mechanical breakdown of food
Digestion
Location where majority of digestion and absorption occurs
Small intestine
The throath
Pharynx
Stores bile
Gallbladder
Muscle movements that propel food forward through the digestive track
Peristalsis
First part of the large intestine
Cecum
Disease where stomach contents wash back up into the esophagus
Gerd