Digestive system

What is the definition for digestion?

• Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
• Getting rid of waste products
• Getting food into our bodies
• Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them

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The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?

• esophagus
• small intestine
• stomach
• mouth

Where are nutrients absorbed into the blood?

• esophagus
• small intestine
• stomach
• mouth

The organ where food is mashed and then broken down by acids?

• esophagus
• small intestine
• stomach
• mouth

What does your saliva have in it that breaks down food?

• acid

• enzymes

• bile

• water

What is the path of the digestive system

• mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

• mouth, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, esophagus

• esophagus, large intestine, stomach, small intestine, mouth

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The function of the large intestine is to...

• absorb food.

• bring oxygen into the body.

• bring carbon dioxide to the heart.

• absorb water.

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• gastric juice

• blood

• acid

• saliva

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The body system that breaks down food into tiny pieces so that the body's cells can use it for energy.

• Digestive system

• Nervous system

• Skeletal system

• Circulatory system

Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile

• pancreas
• mechanical
• amylase
• gallbladder