Unit 2 Digestive System Flashcards

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1
Q

Where is water absorbed?

A

Large Intestine

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2
Q

These mechanically break up your food

A

Teeth

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3
Q

this is the passageway through which the food moves through when you swallow

A

Esophagus

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4
Q

This is the route of the food through the digestive system

A

mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, anus

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5
Q

This organ disinfects the food

A

Stomach

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6
Q

This organ makes bile to digest lipids

A

Liver

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7
Q

The bile is stored in the ______

A

Gall bladder

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8
Q

Bile and enzymes digest food here

A

Small intestine

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9
Q

bacteria naturally live here, and they help you digest

A

Small intestine (mouth is 2nd best answer)

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10
Q

Where gum gets stuck

A

Nowhere! gum passes right through the digestive system

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11
Q

Where nutrients are absorbed

A

Small intestine

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12
Q

The organ that causes diarrhea

A

Large intestine

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13
Q

What hurts when you feel a belly ache

A

Small intestine

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14
Q

What hurts when you feel heartburn

A

Esophagus

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15
Q

The organ that causes constipation

A

Large intestine

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16
Q

Where undigested food and bacteria exit the body

A

Anus

17
Q

Which organs build enzymes?

A

Stomach, pancreas, salivary glands

18
Q

Which organ detoxes any poisons you eat?

A

Liver

19
Q

Which organs assist the digestive system but never hold the food?

A

salivary glands, liver, pancreas, gall bladder, (appendix?)

20
Q

Where is the appendix located?

A

between the small and large intestines right side of your body

21
Q

True or false: the stomach is located inside the rib cage.

A

True! The stomach has to be protected. If it were damaged, all that acid would leak out and destroy the other organs.

22
Q
A

Appenix

23
Q

What 4 organs are pictured below?

A

liver

gall bladder

pancreas

small intestine

24
Q

Where is the cancer located?

A

the colon

25
Q

What ailment is shown in the picture?

A

heartburn

26
Q

What 2 organs are shown in the picture?

A

Large intestine

small intestine

27
Q
A

liver

28
Q

An inmate smuggled a cell phone into the prision. Where is it in his body?

A

The rectum

29
Q
A

salivary glands

30
Q
A

small intestine

31
Q
A

stomach

32
Q

Which ogan of the digestive system has villi? Why?

A

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 intestine.

33
Q

What ailment is pictured below?

What causes it?

A

a stomach ulcer

caused by bacteria that can survive the stomach acid and infect the stomach wall

34
Q

What happens when you throw up?

A

food and stomach acid travel up the esophagus and out of the mouth