Digestive

Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile

• pancreas
• mechanical
• amylase
• gallbladder

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

Number 3 is pointing to the...

• Small intestine
• Rectum
• Large intestine
• Stomach

Number 2 is pointing to the...

• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Anus

Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

A bolus...

• helps digest starch
• is a combination of saliva and food
• creates antibacterial activity in the mouth
• acts as a lubricant

Why do we need teeth to break apart the food we eat?

• So it can fit into our stomachs

• So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food

• So liquids can be separated from solids

• So that our bodies' enzymes have something to do.

How is your stomach protected from the hydrochloric acid inside it?

• Your small intestines absorb all the hydrochloric acid

• The food in your stomach absorbs all the acid

• Your stomach lining regenerates every couple days and has a mucus lining

• The hydrochloric acid in your stomach is different from the hydrochloric acid you would find in a chemistry lab

What is chyme?

• A particular type of digestive enzymes

• What food is called after it has been mixed with stomach acid and possibly bile and pancreatic juices

• Food that has had water and vitamins removed from it in the large intestine

• The passage that leads from the small intestine to the large intestine

What might happen if you had your pancreas removed?

• Your intestines might have trouble breaking down food

• Your stomach might have trouble producing hydrochloric acid

• You would not be able to chew properly

• You would have trouble producing saliva

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