The Digestive System

It is made up of the digestive tract and other organs that help the body break down and absorb food. It is a long, twisting tube that starts at the mouth and goes through the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and anus.

• Excretory System

• Circulatory System

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

Three accessory organs that are part of the digestive system and helps in secretion of essential substances.

• Pancreas

• Kidney

• Liver

• Gall Bladder

The chewing considered as a mechanical digestion, which is the initial stage of digestion. What term used in the process?

• Grinding

• Mastification

• Blending

• Chyme

The food is in the mouth, the teeth cut, crush, and break it apart into tiny pieces while the tongue helps mix food with saliva secreted by the salivary glands forming into a moist ball called _____ so it can be easily swallowed

the esophagus a tube that attaches the mouth to the stomach. it has a series of wave-like muscle contractions that push and transport foods and liquids in small sections to the stomach. What is this process called? __________

A J-shaped, bag-like muscular organ that can hold approximately one liter of fluid and food. The primary function is to store food, which turns to chyme after being acted on by the stomach acid.

• Stomach

• Liver

• Kidney

• Pancreas

A semifluid material formed from bolus that is acted upon by the gastric juices secreted by the stomach.

An organ that produces bile, a green fluid that turns large fat droplets into smaller ones and stores them in the gall bladder.

• Pancreas

• Lungs

• Gall Bladder

• LIver

This organ makes three different kinds of enzymes namely amylase, peptidase, and lipase released through a pancreatic duct that aid in the digestion of all three organic compounds such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats respectively.

• Kidney

• Gall Bladder

• Pancreas

• Liver

A small pear-shaped sac that can hold about 50ml of bile.

• Pancreas

• Gall Bladder

• Liver

• Intestine