Science Flashcards
Filtering machine of the body
Liver
One important nutrient that composes food
Fats
Thick yellow substance stored in the gallbladder.
Bile
Glucose that is stored in the liver is commonly called
Glycogen
An elastic, large, muscular, pear shaped, and multi chambered organ
Stomach
Churning action mixes the food and changing it into a thick liquid called
Chyme
Main function of stomach
Digestion of food
Movement produced when muscles of the digestive tract relax and contract in the digestive tract
Peristalsis
Bowels is describe as a long muscular tube that extends from the lower end of your stomach up to your rectum.
Intestine
The opening between your stomach and the small intestine
Pylorus
Is an organ made up of three segments.
Small intestine
Much broader than the small intestine
Large intestine
Two bean shape organs located at the back of the abdominal cavity
Kidney
Urine passes through a long tube.
Ureter
The urine passes from the urinary bladder down another tube.
Urethra