HBS - Digestion (Organs, Enzymes, & Hormones)

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• composition
• digestion
• deposition
• absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The muscular organ in the body where chemical and mechanical digestion take place.

• pancreas
• liver
• stomach
• esophagus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed.

• large intestine
• small intestine
• esophagus
• rectum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A muscular tube that helps move food from the mouth to the stomach.

• esophagus
• trachaea
• small intestine
• gall bladder

Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.

• liver
• kidneys
• gall bladder
• pancreas

• pancreas
• esophagus
• stomach
• liver

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

• stomach
• pancreas
• large intestine
• small intestine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

• large intestine
• small intestine
• rectum
• esophagus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The involuntary movement that pushes food down from the mouth into the stomach and throughout the intestines.

• purging

• peristalsis

• platinum

• paralysis

A very large molecule (as of a protein, nucleic acid, or carbohydrate) built up from smaller chemical structures.

• Macrophage
• Micromolecule
• Macroroni
• Macromolecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1