A Health 2 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Where is bile stored? | gallbladder |
| What are the fingerlike projections in the intestines that absorb food called? | villi |
| Where is food stored before it is digested? | stomach |
| What is the largest organ inside the body? | liver |
| Where is most food digested? | small intestine |
| Name the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. | esophagus |
| where insulin and pancreatic juice are produced | pancreas |
| another name for the throat | pharynx |
| another name for the windpipe | trachea |
| carries the waste parts of food from the body | colon |
| the digestive juice in the mouth | saliva |
| the tiny flap of cartilage that covers the trachea during swallowing | epiglottis |
| What is the job of the molars? | grinding |
| What is the job of the cuspids? | tearing |
| What is the job of the incisors? | cutting |
| What is the job of the bicuspids? | crushing |
| the breaking down of food into a form the body can use | digestion |
| process that makes food available to your body | absorption |
| the rough parts of some fruits, vegetables, and grains that cannot be digested | fiber |
| bean-shaped organ; reabsorbs water and other useful materials back into the blood and sends filtered wastes to the bladder | kidney |
| the digestive juice in the stomach | gastric juice |
| the digestive juice in the small intestine | bile or pancreatic juice |
| important functions of the liver | recycles iron,stores sugar, produces bile, removes waste, stores vitamins and minerals |
| Good habits for digestion | chew your food thoroughly, don't overeat, eat at regular times, eat fiber foods daily, drink at least 6 glasses of liquid,exercise, relax before and after meals |
| holds liquid waste (urine) which is filtered through the kidneys | bladder |
| How much of the body is made up of water? | over 2/3 |
| painful infection of the colon | dysentery |
| gradual deterioration of the liver | cirrhosis |
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