Digestive System

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

Tags

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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

Which organ produces bile that breaks down food?

• pancreas

• liver

• gall bladder

• stomach

Which organ stores bile?

• gall bladder

• villi

• pancreas

• liver

chemical digestion happens here

• stomach

• liver

• pancreas

• large intestine