Digestive System review

What comes first?

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Large intestine

Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?

• to breathe

• to swallow food

• to break down your food

What does the stomach do?

• Nothing

• adds digestive juices to food

• chews food

What does the mouth do?

• Nothing

• Break down the food to make it easier to swallow

• adds acid to food

What makes food wet and soft?

• teeth

• tongue

• saliva

• esophagus

The ______________ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and churned until it becomes a thick liquid.

• esophagus

• large intestine

• stomach

• small intestine

The ______________ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and churned until it becomes a thick liquid.

• esophagus

• large intestine

• stomach

• small intestine