Quiz 3 Flashcards
Primary Organ - Mouth?
Chews food
The pathway of food?
- Mouth
- Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Intestines
- Large Intestines
- Rectum
- Anus
Primary Organ - Pharynx?
Passage way for food, air, and liquid
Primary Organ - Esophagus?
Carries food to the stomach.
Primary Organ - Stomach?
Mixes and breaks down food.
Primary Organ - Small Intestines?
Absorbs most nutrients helps digests fats, carbs, and proteins.
Primary Organ - Large Intestines?
Absorbs vitamins, water, and salt.
Primary Organ - Rectum?
Stores feces and forms it.
Primary Organ - Anus?
Feces comes out.
Accessory Organ - Pancreas?
Produces digestive juices that release into small intestines.
Accessory Organ - Liver?
Produces bile, gatekeeper of blood
Accessory Organ - Gallbladder?
Stores bile.
Mechanically?
Chewing of food.
Chemically?
Uses enzymes to breakdown food.
Main steps to digestive process?
- Ingestion
- Digestion
- Movement
- Absorption
- Elimination