Digestive System

What body system breaks nutrients (food) into parts small enough for your body to absorb and use for energy, growth, and cell repair.

• Circulatory System

• Muscular System

• Digestive System

• Skeletal System

What is mechanical / physical digestion?

• Involves enzymes such as: saliva, gastric juices, pancreatic juices, and bile breaking down your food into digestible parts.

• Includes chewing, churning in the stomach, and the smooth muscles in your esophagus, stomach, intestines moving food through the digestive track.

What is chemical digestion?

• Includes chewing, churning in the stomach, and the smooth muscles in your esophagus, stomach, intestines moving food through the digestive track.

• Involves enzymes such as: saliva, gastric juices, pancreatic juices, and bile breaking down your food into digestible parts.

What structure is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach?

• Small Intestine

• Esophagus

• Large Intestine

• Pancreas

What structure stores food that arrives from the esophagus, breaks down the food with acid and physical churning, and empties into the small intestine?

• Rectum

• Liver

• Large Intestine

• Stomach

What structure produces bile that aids in digestion of fatty foods?

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Gallbladder

What structure breaks down food into smaller parts using enzymes from the pancreas and bile from the liver. It is also where most nutrients are absorbed.

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

• Mouth

What structure receives waste from the small intestine, absorbs any remaining water, and transmits waste for elimination?

• Anus

• Rectum

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

What muscular sac stores bile?

• Gallbladder

• Pancreas

• Liver

What is the last section of the large intestine that stores waste that is ready to be expelled?

• Anus

• Large Intestine

• Rectum