Question | Answer |
Esophagus | Carries food, liquids, and saliva from the mouth to the stomach |
Small intestine digestion | lipase assisted by bile from liver and nuclease all enzymes predominantly from the pancreas |
Stomach | Produces and stores hydrochloric acid |
large intestine | Holds waste products until elimination can occur its main function is to absorb |
Gallbladder | Stores the bile until the body needs it |
Bile | Purpose is to help the small intestine break down fats |
Pancreas | Produces pancreatic juices, which help break
down carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the small intestine |
Liver | Does many things for the body but its main function in digestion is to produce bile |
Rectum | After all of the water has been removed from the
waste is stored |
Anus | Is the opening to the external environment
and the end of the digestive system |
Mouth | With the help of the teeth, tongue and salivary glands |
Chemical Digestion | Physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces using teeth and tongue to move it around Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates |
Enzymes | Proteins that help with the chemical digestion of food |
How does the stomach perform both mechanical and chemical digestion? | Mechanical - muscles in stomach
Chemical - gastric juice |
Trachea | Anterior to the esophagus pathway to the lungs |
Villi | Projections that absorb the nutrients from the chyme |
Nutrients | Material that is absorbed by the cells |