The Digestive System

The main organs of the digestive system are?

• Gallbladder

  Pancreas

  Mouth

  stomach

• mouth

  stomach

  small intestine

  large intestine

• Teeth

  mouth

  stomach

  small intestine

• Teeth

  small intestine

  stomach

  anus

Breaks down food into smaller pieces before being swallowed

• Saliva

• Esophagus

• Mouth/Teeth

• Small intestine

Water and remaining nutrients are absorbed back into the body; colon, rectum and anus are part of

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

• Mouth/Teeth

A stretchy pip that's about 10 inches long. It moves food from the back of your throat to your stomach

• Small intestine

• Large Intestine

• Esophagus

• Rectum

What system breaks food down into energy for the body?

• Stomach
• Digestive System
• Respiratory system
• Lungs

T/F: The esophagus is about 2 inches long.

• True

• False

Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?

• To swallow food

• To digest food

• To make your breath smelly

• to produce acid for digestion

What does the stomach do?

• eliminate waste

• Adds digestive juices to the food

• Goes out to the rectum

• absorption of nutrients

Why do we eat food?

• To keep our stomachs full
• To put oxygen into the body cells
• To get nutrients and energy
• To make waste products

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

• large intestine
• small intestine
• esophagus
• rectum