The Digestive System

What is the function of the Digestive System?

• Break down food

• Carry water

• Carry nutrients

• Eliminate waste

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______ digestion breaks down the food.

______ digestion uses chemicals to break down food.

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What mechanically breaks down food in the mouth?

• Salivary glands

• Nutrients

• Teeth

• Chyme

What is a tube that leads to the stomach?

• Chyme

• Esophagus

• Rectum

• Villi

What chemically breaks down food in the mouth?

• Teeth

• Salivary glands

• Chyme

• Nutrients

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What are involuntary contractions?

• Chyme

• Peristalsis

• Rectum

• Villi

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______ is food/juices that are formed in the stomach.

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______ is a J-shaped muscular pouch lined with mucus.

• Chyme

• Liver

• Stomach

• Villi

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Gallbladder stores ______.

• Chyme

• Villi

• Peristalsis

• Bile