Digestive/Excretory/Endocrine/Reproductive

What is the digestive system?

• A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

• A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

• A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

• A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

Where does the digestive system start?

• The liver

• The throat

• The stomach

• The mouth

Which is the esophagus?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

physical breakdown of food

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• mechanical digestion

breaking down food with enzymes

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• peristalsis

waves of muscle contractions (squeezing)

• stomach

• small intestine

• peristalsis

large muscular sac that continues the mechanical and chemical digestion of food

• stomach

• small intestine

• liver

Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place

• pancreas

• small intestine

• liver

produces bile to break up fat particles

• pancreas

• large intestine

• liver

organ that stores bile

• gall bladder

• large intestine

• liver