Structures in the digestive system and their roles

Question 1

Small intestine

Answer 1

Food is partially digested by stomach and chemically altered by fluids from the liver and bile from the pancreas.

Question 2

Large intestine

Answer 2

reabsorbs fluids and processes waste products in preparation elimination from the body.

Question 3

Salivary glands

Answer 3

produce saliva, which helps listen food and make it easy to swallow.

Question 4

Buffalo cavity

Answer 4

where we put food (mouth area), where food is chewed to break it down.

Question 5

Epiglottis

Answer 5

Flap of cartilage behind the root of the tongue, which covers the opening of the windpipe when swallowing food.

Question 6

Oesophagus

Answer 6

Muscular tube that connects oesophagus to the stomach.

Question 7

Stomach

Answer 7

a sac with muscular walls that churn the food to break it up. It produces hydrochloric acid and enzyme to digest the food.

Question 8

Rectum

Answer 8

last part of the colon and links it to the anus. It stores faeces until they can be expelled from the body.

Question 9

Anus

Answer 9

opening in the body through which the farces are expelled