Digestive System

The process by which the end products of digestion are transferred to the circulatory system

• digestion

• absorption

• ileum

• pepsinogen

A ball of food

• jejunum

• gastric pit

• chyme

• bolus

The circular muscle between the esophagus and the stomach.

• pyloric sphincter

• ileocecal juncture

• cardiac sphincter

• duodenum

A mixture of food particles and gastric fluid

• chyme

• feces

• bolus

• pancreatic fluid

The process of breaking down food into molecules the body can use.

• peristalsis

• chewing

• absorption

• digestion

The first section of the small intestine

• caecum

• duodenum

• jejunum

• ileum

A flap of tissue that covers the trachea

• epiglottis

• uvula

• duodenum

• appendix

Solidified material in the large intestine

• microvillus

• gastic fluid

• chyme

• feces

A saclike organ that stores and concentrates bile

• liver

• epiglottis

• gallbladder

• caecum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A mixture of mucous, enzymes and hydrochloric acid, produced by the gastric glands.

• pancreatic fluid

• saliva

• chyme

• gastric fluid