Digestive System Review

makes bile to help digest fats

• liver
• pancreas
• rectum
• salivary glands

completes chemical digestion; absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream 

• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine
• liver

Begins starch digestion in the mouth; aids in swallowing 

• hydrochloric acid
• bile
• saliva
• mucus

stores undigested food waste 

• appendix
• small intestine
• stomach
• rectum

makes enzymes to complete chemical digestion in the small intestine

• gall bladder
• pancreas
• stomach
• liver

closes the windpipe when swallowing to prevent choking on your food

• esophagus
• uvula
• epiglottis
• appendix

small pouch between the small & large intestine that may get infected

• epiglottis
• appendix
• uvula
• gall bladder

type of digestion that breaks down food into smaller pieces 

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

The large intestine includes the:

• descending colon.

• duodenum.

• ileum.

• jejunum.

The digestive system is also known as the:

• absorption system.

• alimentary canal.

• GI canal.

• intestinal tract.