Digestive System

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• composition
• digestion
• deposition
• absorption

A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed.

• large intestine
• small intestine
• esophagus
• rectum

A muscular tube that helps move food from the mouth to the stomach.

• esophagus
• trachaea
• small intestine
• gall bladder

The tube after the small intestine where the liquid is absorbed.

• large intestine
• small intestine
• rectum
• stomach

An organ of the digestive system that makes chemicals to help the body break down fats and rid itself of harmful substances.

• esophagus
• mouth
• liver
• stomach

A series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.

• adduction
• primary wave
• peristalsis
• inversion

The place where waste is stored before it leaves the body.

• rectum
• anus
• small intestine
• large intestine

• pancreas
• esophagus
• stomach
• liver

What does the stomach do?

• Nothing
• Adds digestive juices to the food
• Goes out to the rectum
• Barley any of these

What is the small intestine responsible for?

• takes in more enzymes and starts absorption
• breaking down food
• chewing
• adding food