Question | Answer |
What are the structures found on the wall of the small intestine which increase surface area for the blood to absorb nutrients called? | Villi |
What covers and protects the lining of the stomach from HCL? | Mucus |
What are the usable portions of food? | Nutrients |
Where does most chemical digestion occur? | Small intestine |
A cracker dissolves in your mouth. What kind of digestion is this? | Chemical digestion |
What absorbs water? | Large intestine |
What is the food tube that pushes food down by peristalsis? | Esophagus |
What grinds, mashes, tears, and rips food? | Teeth |
What covers the trachea so you don't choke? | Epiglottis |
What is the largest organ of the digestive system? | Liver |
What is the organ that breaks down food into chyme? | Stomach |
Where is the solid waste (feces) stored in? (located at the end of the large intestines) | Rectum |
What is the largest body organ? | Skin |
What stores bile before it is released into the small intestine? | Gall bladder |
What is the organ that produces insulin to control sugar in your blood and secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestines? | Pancreas |
What does the bladder store? | Urine |
Which organ of the excretory system rids the body of carbon dioxide? | Lungs |
What filters the blood and produces and urine? | Kidneys |
What filters the blood by removing excess amino acids, bacteria, and breaking down alcohol? | Liver |
What contains sweat glands, rids body of excess water, and regulates body temperature? | Skin |
What are tiny filters in the kidneys called? | Nephrons |
What is liquid waste made of urea and water called? | Urine |
What releases urine from the body? | Urethra |