Digestive Tract

Where does the food the body can't use get sent to?

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Gall Bladder

• Large Intestine

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis

• Trachea

• Stomach

• Esophagus

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What does the stomach do?

• Sends signals to your brain

• Adds digestive juices to the food

• Protects your lungs

• Pumps blood to your heart

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What breaks down food in stomach?

• acid 

• salivary glands

• movement 

• time

What part of the digestive system is highlighted?

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Appendix

Your large and small intestines are part of this body system.

• nervous

• digestive

• muscular

• skeletal

Please identify the organ that is responsible for the majority of digestion and absorption.

b

mouth

stomach

large intestine

small intestine

esophagus

stomach

When they reach the stomach, mashed-up food particles mix with:

• Guava juice

• Gastric juices

• Mucous

• Bile

Which example best shows structures that make up the digestive system in the human body?

• A) A heart, blood, vessels

•  B) nose, trachea, lungs

• C) brain, spinal cord, nerves

• D) esophagus, stomach, intestines 

Waste foods are separated from solids and liquids in the __________________.

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

• stomach