Term | Definition |
Mouth | This is where digestion starts; teeth chomp food into smaller pieces |
Salivary Glands | Produce saliva |
Esophagus | Connects the throat to the stomach |
Stomach | Contains acid that dissolves food and kills harmful bacteria |
Small Intestine | Absorbs the nutrients from the dissolved food |
Large Intestine | Soaks up salt, water, and minerals from the leftovers |
Rectum | Stores feces until it is ready to exit the body through the anus |
Liver | A chemical processing factory that gets rid of toxins, makes bile, recycles old blood cells, makes digestive juices, and stores and makes sugar |
Gallbladder | Stores bile until it goes to the small intestine |
Pancreas | Makes enzymes that help digest your food, and makes insulin to control blood sugar levels |
Appendix | Might store good bacteria that help us digest our food |
Pharynx | Throat |
Trachea | Carries air from the pharynx to the bronchi in the lungs |
Bronchi | Take air from the trachea to the left and right lungs |
Alveoli | Tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are put in and taken out of the capillaries |
Bile | Chemical produced by the liver that helps your body break down fats |
Enzyme | Special chemicals that help your body break down food |
Pepsin | Enzyme in the stomach that helps break down food, especially proteins. Can work in the stomach acid. |
Villi | Located in the small intestine; absorb nutrients and transfer them to the bloodstream; increase the surface area of the small intestine |