HW 28-9

Which of these is NOT a function of the digestive system?

• breaks down food

• absorbs nutrients

• eliminates waste

• takes oxygen to body cells

The process of breaking down food into nutrient rich molecules.

• absorption

• digestion

• peristalsis

• villi

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.

• absorption

• digestion

• peristalsis

• villi

moves food from the mouth to the stomach

• esophagus

• small intestine

• large intestine

• pancreas

absorbs nutrients

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

absorbs water

• small intestine

• stomach

• villi

• large intestine

produces enzymes that break down food

• liver

• pancreas

• gall bladder

• stomach

The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder are known as...

• accessory organs

• the digestive tract

• acid makers

• digestion helpers

waves of muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract.

• digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

• villi

finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients

• digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

• villi