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Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carbohydrates | Provide energy for body fiber-helps food move through digestive system |
| Fats | provides energy for body |
| Proteins | provides energy for body when fats or carbohydrates are not available |
| Minerals | Helps body function properly |
| Vitamins | Need for chemical reaction to occur in the body |
| Water | Chemical reaction |
| Digestive System | Purpose is to fuel the body with energy from nutrients |
| Mechanical | Braking food down into smaller pieces |
| Chemical | Food is broken down into the essential the body can use with the help of chemicals |
| Mouth | Digested with help of teeth and tongue -B |
| Salivary Glands | Makes food easier to brake down-C |
| Esophagus | Trasports food into stomach -B |
| Stomach | Brakes down food-Churns- Produces gastric juice -B |
| Liver | Digest food in the small intestine -C |
| Gall bladder | -Small sac under liver-stores bile-C |
| Pancreas | Known as super gland-Produces Pancreatic juice-C |
| Small intestine | 22-24 long- produces testinal juice -B |
| vili | Fingerlike projections inside small I- B |
| Large Intestine | Water absorbed-3-4-waster products collected-B |