test 3

Question 1

4 functions of the immune system

Answer 1

ingestion
digestion
absorption
egestion

Question 2

digestion

Answer 2

Starts in the mouth

Ends in the anus

Food can be broken down mechanically
(chewing) and chemically (with enzymes)
to be digested (broken down).

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Digested food into the bloodstream
through the walls of the small intestine.

Cells burn the energy in the presence of
oxygen to release stored energy within
the food.

Cells also use larger proteins to help build
larger protein molecules needed for
growth and development.

Question 4

elimination

Answer 4

the digestive system gets rid of materials that cannot be used by the body via elimination. the large intestine concentrates these feces, then they exit the body through the anus

Question 5

uvula

Answer 5

The uvula is the small tissue projection that
hangs from the soft palate (hangy ball)

The uvula helps with the production of the
sounds of speech.

Question 6

ruage

Answer 6

Ruage are the bumps on the top of
the hard palate.

Question 7

tongue

Answer 7

The tongue covers the floor of the oral cavity,
aids in moving the food during mastication
(chewing) and deglutition (swallowing).

Question 8

papillae

Answer 8

Papillae, small raised bumps on the tongue,
contains taste buds.

Sensitive to food chemicals and allow
discrimination of different tastes as the food
moves across the tongue.

Question 9

salivary glands

Answer 9

Produce Saliva, that
contain digestive
enzymes.

Saliva is released from the
parotid gland,
submandibular gland and
sublingual gland on EACH
side of the mouth.

Question 10

Components of the
Digestive System

Answer 10

Esophagus

Stomach

Small Intestine

Large Intestine

Gall bladder

Liver

Pancreas

Question 11

Esophagus

Answer 11

the tube that connects your
mouth and your stomach

Question 12

Esophagus is

Answer 12

Muscular tube

9-10 inches from the pharynx to the
stomach

Question 13

Peristalsis

Answer 13

contraction of muscles in the esophagus

Question 14

bolus is

Answer 14

mass of food

Question 15

food passage

Answer 15

oral cavity
pharnyx
esophagus
stomach
samll intestine
large intestine
liver

Question 16

stomach

Answer 16

A stretchy bag that holds your food
after you eat, helps break your food down into smaller pieces

Question 17

sphincters

Answer 17

Rings of muscles that Control the opening and
closing of the stomach

Question 18

Lower esophageal
sphincter

Answer 18

relaxes and
contracts to move food
from the esophagus to the stomach

Question 19

Pyloric sphincter

Answer 19

allows
food to move from the
stomach to the intestine.

Question 20

small intestine

Answer 20

20 feet from the pyloric sphincter to the
first part of the large intestine.

Question 21

3 parts of the small intestine

Answer 21

DUODENUM

2. JEJUNUM
3. ILEUM

Question 22

large intestine

Answer 22

Receives the fluid waste from digestion
(the material that is unable to pass into the
bloodstream).

Question 23

gall bladder

Answer 23

Storage tank for bile (a greenish-yellow
liquid) that helps your body break down
and use fats

Located under your liver

Shaped like a pear

Question 24

liver

Answer 24

Factory for antibodies and bile

Stores vitamins and sugars until your body
needs them

realases bilibrium which gives bill its brown colour

Question 25

Pancreas

Answer 25

Helps you digest
food by breaking
down sugars