The digestive and excretory systems

Your digestive system starts here...

• nose

• mouth

• esophagus

• large intestine

When you use your teeth to grind food, this is ---

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• enzymes

• eating

Salivary glands release saliva, which helps to break down food by use of ----

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• chewing

• swallowing

The function of the stomach ---

• to crush food and add enzymes.

• to move food into the stomach

• absorb nutrients and water

• chew food in mechanical digestion

This muscular tube is where most chemical digestion takes place and most nutrients are absorbed.

• esophagus

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

In the large intestine...

• water and nutrients are absorbed.

• waste is compacted and stored

• most chemical digestion takes place.

• mechanical digestion takes place.

This organ breaks down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates; it also releases insulin.

• gall bladder

• liver

• pancreas

• rectum

This organ makes and releases bile, which is used to break down fats

• pancreas

• gall bladder

• liver

• stomach

Small "finger-like" projections found in the small intestine which absorb nutrients in food are called ______

The large intestine ends with the ____. This is where feces is stored until it can be expelled.