click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
11754 Science
Digestive System Quiz Structures/Functions
Question | Answer |
---|---|
This flexible organ of the mouth that helps push food toward the teeth and aids in swalling: T | Tongue |
This organ produces bile for the digestion of fat: L | Liver |
This is a muscular tube that squeezes food down to the stomach: E | Esophagus |
This long organ removes water and stores solid waste until it is eliminated: C | Colon |
Final Digestion takes place in this long tube: S I | Small Intestine |
This is the first portion of the small intestine. Food enters it after it leaves the stomach: Duo | Duodenum |
These produce a fluid that enters the mouth and moistens the food, beginning the digestion of some starches: Sal | salivary glands |
This is the opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste leaves the body: A | Anus |
This organ stores the food for 3 to 4 hours while digestion is occurring: S | Stomach |
This organ secretes enzymes that help digest fats, sugars and starches, and proteins: Pan | Pancreas |