The clear liquid in the mouth is called _____.

Clusters of special cells on the tongue that react to chemicals in food are called _____.

The ring of muscles that control the opening to the stomach is called _____.

The mixture of enzymes, water, and hydrochloric acid that helps the stomach break down food is called _____.

Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood as the chyme passes through the _____.

Water and salts are absorbed by the body as the chyme passes through the _____.

A green liquid called bile that helps break down fats is produced in the _____.

The five basic food groups are protein, vegetables, fruits, _____, and dairy.

The small intestine is lined with tiny fingerlike structures called _____.

The main source of energy for the body is _____.

What are the squeezing movements made by the esophagus muscles as food moves to the stomach?

What is the liquidlike mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?

What is the name of the flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea?

How do the teeth help in digestion?

What is one way that the tongue helps in digestion?

What is one of the jobs that saliva has in digestion?

What is one way that the gastric juices help in digestion?

What digestive organ produces insulin and makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed?

What organ stores excess bile from the liver and releases it when needed?

What organ produces bile and filters poison and wastes from the blood?

What are the five basic food groups?

True or False

The flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea is called the epiglottis.

True or False

The digestive tract is the path that food follows through the digestive system.

True or False

The stomach is a stretchy storage bag in the digestive tract below the esophagus.

True or False

The tongue is covered with saliva, or clusters of special cells that react to chemicals in food.

True or False

Sour, salty, bitter, and sweet are the four basic tastes.

True or False

The epiglottis pushes food around inside the mouth.

True or False

The stomach works on food mechanically and chemically.

True or False

The squeezing movement of the esophagus muscles as the food moves to the stomach is called enzymes.

True or False

The stomach turns food into a liquidlike mixture called chyme.

What is the process of breaking down food into forms the body can use?

What is the clear liquid in the mouth?

What is the mixture of enzymes, water, and hydrochloric acid that helps the stomach break down food?

What is the ring of muscles that controls the opening to the stomach?

What is the liquidlike mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?

What pushes food around in the mouth?

What filters poisons and wastes from the blood?

What produces insulin?

What makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed?

Which food group helps insulate the body?

What is/are the main source of energy for the body?

What helps digest the food you eat?

Which one of the following is/are used to build and repair the body?

Water and salts are absorbed by the body as the chyme passes through the _____.