THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question 1

SYSTEM BY WHICH FOOD TRAVELS THROUGH THE BODY AND IS DIGESTED.

Answer 1

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question 2

MUSCULAR SAC BETWEEN THE ESOPHAGUS AND THE SMALL INTESTINE WHERE DIGESTION OF FOOD BEGINS.

Answer 2

STOMACH

Question 3

THE MUSCULAR TUBE BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE LARGE INTESTINE, DIVIDED INTO THE DUODENUM, THE JEJUNUM AND THE ILEUM, WHICH RECEIVES PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD FROM THE STOMACH AND CONTINUES DIGESTION. NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED BY THE BODY THROUGH ITS WALLS.

Answer 3

SMALL INTESTINE

Question 4

THE MUSCULAR TUBE THAT REMOVES WATER FROM WASTE PRODUCTS RECEIVED FROM THE SMALL INTESTINE AND MOVES ANYTHING NOT ABSORBED BU THE BODY TOWARD EXCRETION OF THE BODY.

Answer 4

LARGE INTESTINE

Question 5

THE LARGEST ORGAN OF THE BODY, WHICH PRODUCES BILE TO ASSIST IN BREAKDOWN OF FATS AND ASSISTS IN THE METABOLISM OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY.

Answer 5

LIVER

Question 6

A SAC IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LIVER THAT STORES BILE PRODUCED BY THE LIVER.

Answer 6

GALLBLADDER

Question 7

A GLAND LOCATED BEHIND THE STOMACH THAT PRODUCES INSULIN AND JUICES THAT ASSIST IN DIGESTION OF FOOD IN THE DUODENUM OF THE SMALL INTESTINE.

Answer 7

PANCREAS

Question 8

AN ORGAN LOCATED IN THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN THAT ACTS AS A BLOOD FILTRATION SYSTEM AND A RESERVOIR FOR RESERVES OF FOOD.

Answer 8

SPLEEN

Question 9

A SMALL TUBE LOCATED NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES IN THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN, THE FUNCTION OF WHICH IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. ITS INFLAMMATION CALLED APPENDICITIS IS A COMMON CAUSE OF ABDOMINAL PAIN.

Answer 9

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