Digestive System #1

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• egestion

• ingestion

• digestion

• assimilation

Absorbed food is used to provide energy or form new protoplasm (living substances)

• absorption

• digestion

• composition

• assimilation

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food

• pepsin

• saliva

• pepsi

• salty

Provides additional enzymes (pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine

• liver

• gall bladder

• pancreas

• appendix

What is the second section of the small intestine called?

• duodenum

• jujunum

• ileum

• jejunum

The chewing and grinding of food into small pieces is an example of _______ digestion

Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid. This is _____

• Mechanical digestion

• Chyme

• Chemical digestion

• Bile

What stores bile?

• Gall bladder

• Colon

• Small intestine

• liver

The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach

• small intestine

• stomach

• thorax

• esophagus

The organ where food does not pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons.

• small intestine

• liver

• kidney

• stomach