Unit 2: digestive system Flashcards
to help students learn to identify the organs of the digestive system and their functions
These mechanically break up your food
teeth
this is the passageway through which the food moves through when you swollow
esophagus
This is the route of the food through the digestive system
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, anus
This organ disinfects the food
stomach
This organ makes bile to digest lipids
liver
The bile is stored in the ______
gall bladder
Bile and enzymes digest food here
small intestines
bacteria naturally live here, and they help you digest
the intestines (2nd best answer: mouth)
Where gum gets stuck
Nowhere! gum passes right through the digestive system
Where water is reabsorbed
large intestines
Where nutrients are absorbed
small intestines
The organ that causes diarrhea
large intestines
What hurts when you feel a belly ache
small intestines
What hurts when you feel heartburn
esophagus
The organ that causes constipation
large intestines
Where undigested food and bacteria exit the body
anus
Which organs build enzymes?
Salivary glands Pancreas Stomach
Which organ detoxes any poisons you eat?
liver
Which organs assist the digestive system but never hold the food?
salivary glands, liver, pancreas, gall bladder, (appendix?)
Where is the appendix located?
between the small and large intestines right side of your body
True or false: the stomach is located inside the rib cage.
True! The stomach has to be protected. If it were damaged, all that acid would leak out and destroy the other organs.
Appendix
What 4 organs are pictured below?
liver
gall bladder
pancreas
small intestine
What causes a belly ache?
gas produced by bacteria in the intestines
Where is the cancer located?
the colon
What ailment is shown in the picture?
heart burn
What 2 organs are shown in the picture?
Large intestines
small intestines
liver
An inmate smuggled a cell phone into the prision. Where is it in his body?
The rectum
salivary glands
small intestines
stomach
Which ogan of the digestive system has villi? Why?
Villi are like the loops on a towel. They are there to increase absorbtion. The towel or this organ can absorb more because it has increased surface area.
The organ that does the absorbing of nutrients is the small intestines.
What ailment is pictured below?
What causes it?
a stomach ulcer
caused by bacteria that can survive the stomach acid and infect the stomach wall
What happens when you throw up?
food and stomach acid travel up the esophagus and out of the mouth
