The act of eating or putting food in the mouth

The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use....

Occurs when the cells of the digestive system take in small molecules of digested food

the removal of undigested food and other wastes from the body

a type of digestion where food is physically broken into smaller pieces...

A type of digestion where chemical reactions break down pieces of food into smaller molecules

proteins that help break down large molecules into smaller molecules

TRUE or FALSE:

Enzymes speed up, or catalyze the rate of chemical reactions.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Enzymes change the chemical reaction

The digestive system produces enzymes that are specialized to help break down each type of

What are the 2 parts that make up the digestive system?

___________ are enzymes that help break down carbohydrates.

___________ are enzymes that help break down fats.

________ enzymes that help break down proteins.

A muscular tube that connects the mouth and the stomach.

Food moves through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract by waves of muscle contractions called

a gastric juice found in the stomach

a thin, watery liquid that forms when food mixes with gastric juices

The folds of the small intestine are covered with fingerlive projections called...

The teeth and tongue of the oral cavity break foodstuff down physically. This is an example of

Which organ makes bile to help break down fats?

What is the digestive system?

Which is the esophagus?

Which parts of the diagram is the small and large intestine?

Which digestive system organ is this?

What is the main function of the (hilly) villi?

Which organ prevents food from entering the windpipe?

The partly-digested food in the stomach leaves to enter

the PARTS of the small intestine that helps absorb digested food