The Digestive System

Question 1

Digestion

Answer 1

The breakdown of food

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

Taking in food

Question 3

Egestion

Answer 3

Passing any unabsorbed food out in the form of faeces

Question 4

Physical digestion

Answer 4

The breakdown of food using your teeth

Question 5

Incisors (how many+function)

Answer 5

(4)cut and slice food

Question 6

Canines(how many +function)

Answer 6

(2)grip and tear food

Question 7

Premolars(how many+function)

Answer 7

(4)grind and chew food

Question 8

Molars (how many+function)

Answer 8

(6)grind and chew food

Question 9

Chemical digestion

Answer 9

The breakdown of food using enzymes

Question 10

An enzyme

Answer 10

A biological catalyst

Question 11

Oesophagus

Answer 11

A muscular tube that carries food to your stomach

Question 12

Stomach

Answer 12

-A muscular bag that holds food for a few hours.
-it contains hydrochloric acid
-the stomach churns and physically digests and mixes food

Question 13

Small intestine

Answer 13

Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream

Question 14

Liver

Answer 14

Produces bile

Question 15

Gall bladder

Answer 15

Bile is stored here

Question 16

Pancreas

Answer 16

Produces many digestive enzymes

Question 17

Large intestine

Answer 17

Water is reabsorbed into the bloodstream

Question 18

Rectum & anus

Answer 18

Faeces are stored into the rectum

Question 19

Why do we need a digestive system?

Answer 19

So we can absorb the nutrients from the food into our bloodstream

Question 20

What temperature does amylase work best at

Answer 20

37 degrees Celsius