Outcome Three: Digestive System (Cells And Systems)

Question 1

What are the two types of digestion?

Answer 1

Chemical and mechanical.

Question 2

What are enzymes?

Answer 2

A substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion.

Question 3

How does the esophagus push food towards the stomach?

Answer 3

By the contractions of muscle tissue that line the esophagus.

Question 4

What makes up gastric juices?

Answer 4

Music, hydronic acid, water, and digestive enzymes. Chemical digestion is a result of gastric juices.

Question 5

What is the name of the liquid the food turns into?

Answer 5

Ryme.

Question 6

Where is bile produced?

Answer 6

The pancreas.

Question 7

Where is bile stored?

Answer 7

The gall bladder.

Question 8

What does bile help the digestion of?

Answer 8

It helps break down lipids.

Question 9

What is the main function of the small intestine?

Answer 9

Breaks down food from the stomach.

Question 10

What are the villi and the microvilli?

Answer 10

Vili- small, finger like projections

Microvilli- small finger like projections that the the villi.

Question 11

How long is the small intestine?

Answer 11

6 m long.

Question 12

How long is the large intestine?

Answer 12

1.5 m long.

Question 13

What is the main function of the large intestine?

Answer 13

To absorb water, vitamins and minerals.

Question 14

What does the tongue do?

Answer 14

Helps with even chewing of food and pushing food down the throat.

Question 15

What does the liver do?

Answer 15

Produces bile, which is used to break up fat molecules.

Question 16

What does the stomach do?

Answer 16

Mechanical digestion from muscle movement and chemical digestion from the gastric juices.

Question 17

What does the small intestine do?

Answer 17

Chemical digestion and the absorption of nutrients.

Question 18

What does the large intestine do?

Answer 18

Absorbs water, vitamins and minerals and turns the undigested food into feces and moves it to the rectum.

Question 19

What does the anus do?

Answer 19

Disposes of waste products.

Question 20

What does the rectum do?

Answer 20

Stores feces from the large intestine unit it is expelled from the body.

Question 21

What does the gall bladder do?

Answer 21

Stores the bile.

Question 22

What does the epiglottis do?

Answer 22

Prevents food from entering your windpipe.

Question 23

What do the salivary glands do?

Answer 23

Produces saliva containing enzymes to begin chemical digestion in your mouth.

Question 24

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 24

Sends digestive enzymes into the small intestine and produces insulin to regulate blood sugarl

Question 25

What does the esophagus do?

Answer 25

Moves the food down to the stomach through a muscle movement called peristalsis.