Human Organs

Question 1

Teeth

Answer 1

structures that grind and crush food

Question 2

Large int

Answer 2

organ that absorbs water, salts, and stores waste

Question 3

Small int

Answer 3

chemical digestion and absorption takes place

Question 4

Tongue

Answer 4

senses taste of food and helps push it to the back of the mouth

Question 5

Esophagus

Answer 5

tube that connects and carries food from mouth to stomach

Question 6

Salivary glands

Answer 6

saliva which contains digestive enzymes

Question 7

Stomach

Answer 7

saclike, muscular organ that secretes gastric acids and churns food into pulp

Question 8

Mouth

Answer 8

entrance of digestive system, where mechanical and chemical digestion begins

Question 9

Anus

Answer 9

opening at end of digestive tract through which feces is expelled

Question 10

Jejunum

Answer 10

middle section of small intestine

Question 11

Colon

Answer 11

major section of large intestine that absorbs water and stores waste

Question 12

Liver

Answer 12

largest organ and produces bile

Question 13

Duodenum

Answer 13

first section of small intestine; nutrients absorbed here

Question 14

Rectum

Answer 14

final section of large intestine, temporary storage for feces

Question 15

Pancreas

Answer 15

gland that secretes digestive enzymes

Question 16

Gallbladder

Answer 16

stores bile that is produced by the liver