Question | Answer |
Where is bile stored? | gallbladder |
What are the fingerlike projections in the intestines that absorb food called? | villi |
Where is food stored before it is digested? | stomach |
What is the largest organ inside the body? | liver |
Where is most food digested? | small intestine |
Name the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. | esophagus |
where insulin and pancreatic juice are produced | pancreas |
another name for the throat | pharynx |
another name for the windpipe | trachea |
carries the waste parts of food from the body | colon |
the digestive juice in the mouth | saliva |
the tiny flap of cartilage that covers the trachea during swallowing | epiglottis |
What is the job of the molars? | grinding |
What is the job of the cuspids? | tearing |
What is the job of the incisors? | cutting |
What is the job of the bicuspids? | crushing |
the breaking down of food into a form the body can use | digestion |
process that makes food available to your body | absorption |
the rough parts of some fruits, vegetables, and grains that cannot be digested | fiber |
bean-shaped organ; reabsorbs water and other useful materials back into the blood and sends filtered wastes to the bladder | kidney |
the digestive juice in the stomach | gastric juice |
the digestive juice in the small intestine | bile or pancreatic juice |
important functions of the liver | recycles iron,stores sugar, produces bile, removes waste, stores vitamins and minerals |
Good habits for digestion | chew your food thoroughly, don't overeat, eat at regular times, eat fiber foods daily, drink at least 6 glasses of liquid,exercise, relax before and after meals |
holds liquid waste (urine) which is filtered through the kidneys | bladder |
How much of the body is made up of water? | over 2/3 |
painful infection of the colon | dysentery |
gradual deterioration of the liver | cirrhosis |