meaning

Question 1

DIGESTIVE TRACT

Answer 1

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

Question 2

MOUTH

Answer 2

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

Question 3

ESOPHAGUS

Answer 3

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

Question 4

STOMACH

Answer 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.

Question 5

SMALL INTESTINE

Answer 5

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

Question 6

PERISTALSIS (CONTRACTIONS)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

DUODENUM

Answer 7

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

Question 8

ILEUM AND JEJENUM

Answer 8

mainly responsible for the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream.

Question 9

LARGE INTESTINE

Answer 9

takes up any left over water

Question 10

PANCREAS

Answer 10

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

Question 11

LIVER

Answer 11

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

Question 12

GALL BLADDER

Answer 12

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

Question 13

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Answer 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

Question 14

NOSE ANS NASAL CAVITY

Answer 14

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

Question 15

PHARYNX

Answer 15

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

Question 16

LARYNX

Answer 16

allowing the ability to speech, acts as defense mechanism

Question 17

EPIGLOTTIS

Answer 17

ensures that air can pass into trachea and food enters esophagus

Question 18

TRACHEA

Answer 18

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

Question 19

BRONCHI

Answer 19

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

Question 20

BRONCHIOLES

Answer 20

carry air to small sacs in your lungs called alveoli

Question 21

ALVEOLI

Answer 21

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

Question 22

DIAPRAGHM

Answer 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