▪ Structure (Label) and function of the digestive organs

Question 1

Mouth

Answer 1

Digestion begins in the mouth with chemical and mechanical digestion
- Food is broken down into smaller pieces by teeth (mechanical)
- Enzymes in saliva break down carbohydrates (chemical)

Question 2

Esophagus

Answer 2

• Transports food to the stomach.

Question 3

Stomach

Answer 3

• Mixes and breaks down food with acid and enzymes.

Question 4

Small Intestine

Duodenum, Jejunum, & Ileum

Answer 4

• where digestion of lipids proteins and carbs occurs as well as absorption of nutrients

Question 5

Pancreas

Answer 5

• Produces insulin

Question 6

Large intestine

Answer 6

• absorption of water and minerals
• Forms and stores feces

Question 7

Liver

Answer 7

• Detoxifies harmful substances – breaks them down into non-harmful substances
• Converts glucose to Glycogen and stores it
• Produces bile which is stored in the gall bladder

Question 8

Rectum

Answer 8

• Stores feces

Question 9

Gall bladder

Answer 9

• Stores bile
• Will release bile (bile salts) into duodenum (Small intestines) when fat is present to break it down

Question 10

Anus

Answer 10

• Expels feces from the body