identification

Question 1

your digestive system is uniquely designed to turn the food you eat into energy your body
needs to survive.

Answer 1

DIGESTIVE TRACT

Question 2

the beginning of the digestive tract
Chewing breaks the food into pieces

Answer 2

MOUTH

Question 3

muscular tube extending from the pharynx to the stomach. By means of a series of
contractions, called peristalsis, the ———– delivers food to the stomach.

Answer 3

ESOPHAGUS

Question 4

sac-like organ with strong muscular walls. It’s also a mixer and grinder, secretes acid and powerful enzymes that continue the process of breaking down the food.

Answer 4

STOMACH

Question 5

Made up of three segments, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, the ——— is a long tube loosely
coiled in the abdomen (spread out, it would be more than 20 feet long).

Answer 5

SMALL INTESTINE

Question 6

is also at
work in this organ, moving food through and mixing it up with digestive secretions.

Answer 6

PERISTALSIS (CONTRACTIONS)

Question 7

is largely responsible for continuing the process of breaking down food,

Answer 7

DUODENUM

Question 8

mainly responsible for the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream.

Answer 8

JEJENUM AND ILEUM

Question 9

takes up any left over water

Answer 9

LARGE INTESTINE

Question 10

releases enzymes that break down protein, fat, and carbohydrates from the food we eat.

Answer 10

PANCREAS

Question 11

releases bile which is a compound that aids in the digestion of fat and eliminates waste products from the blood.

Answer 11

LIVER

Question 12

a pear-shaped reservoir that sits just under the liver and stores bile. send to small intestine

Answer 12

GALL BLADDER

Question 13

network of organs and tissues that help you breath, supplies the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body through breathing

Answer 13

respiratory system

Question 14

used to inhale air & contains 2 nostrils, warms the air that enters serve, filtering and purifying

Answer 14

nose and nasal cavity

Question 15

(throat) carries air, food and fluid down from nose and mouth

Answer 15

pharynx

Question 16

ensures that air can pass into trachea and food enters esophagus

Answer 16

epiglottis

Question 17

allowing the ability to speech, acts as defense mechanism

Answer 17

larynx

Question 18

(WINDPIPE) provide a clear and unhindered airway for air to enter and axit the lungs

Answer 18

trachea

Question 19

two tubes that connect the windpipe to your lungs and carries air from windpipe to your lungs

Answer 19

bronchi

Question 20

carry air to small sacs in your lungs called alveoli

Answer 20

bronchioles

Question 21

have extremely thin walls which allows exhange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to take place within your lungs

Answer 21

alveoli

Question 22

contracts to expand the space inside the thoracic cavity, flattens and the chest cavity enlarge, major muscle of respiration- muscle that moves up and down to help expand your lungs

Answer 22

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