Digestive System

What do the villi do?

• Digests food in the mouth.
• Digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

What does saliva do?

• Chemically digests food in the mouth.
• Chemically digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

Where does digestion begin?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small Intestine

What organ makes bile?

• Gallbladder
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Appendix

What carries food from the pharynx to the stomach?

• larynx

• trachea

• esophagus

• bronchioles

What chemically breaks down food into smaller molecules?

• teeth

• muscles of the stomach

• enzymes

What are the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus called to help food move along?

• swallowing

• peristalsis

• inertia contractions

• paralysis

What does the large intestine do?

• digest the food from this process

• makes a pathway for the food

• reabsorb a lot of the water from this process

• absorbs the food from this process

What are the main parts of the digestive system 

• stomach, small and large intestine
• mouth,stomach,esophagus,large and small intestine, and rectum
• stomach, lungs, trachea, rectum
• large and small intestine, trachea, stomach, mouth

Provides additional enzymes (pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.

• liver

• kidneys

• gall bladder

• pancreas