Digestive and Urinary Systems

This occurs when nutrients leave your digestive system and move into your bloodstream.

• Diffusion

• Absorption

• Osmosis

• Chemical Breakdown

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The role of this organ is to break down (neutralize) toxins and process nutrients into forms that are easier for the rest of the body to use.

• Pancreas

• Gallbladder

• Liver

• Small Intestine

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Where do you start to chew your food?

• esophagus
• mouth
• large intestine
• stomach

This is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

• Esophagus

• Amylase

• Peristalsis

• Epiglottis

Which two systems interact to break down food and transport nutrients throughout the body?

• Digestive and cardiovascular

• Digestive and excretory

• Nervous and excretory

• Digestive and respiratory

Identify this organ.

• stomach

• pancreas

• large intestine

• small intestine

Which is the body system that breaks down food and absorbs nutrients?

• digestive system

• mouth

• mechanical digestion

• Urinary system

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physical breakdown of food

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• mechanical digestion

breaking down food with enzymes

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• peristalsis

absorbs water into bloodstream

• gall bladder

• large intestine

• liver