The Digestive System

Where does most absorption of nutrients take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall Bladder

Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?

• Esophagus

• epiglottis

• Stomach

• Mouth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

This organ absorbs water from digested food

• Villi

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Stomach

This organ produces several enzymes that chemically break down food, food does not pass through this organ

• Pancreas

• Stomach

• Liver

• Gall bladder

The muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Mouth

The act of eating or putting food in the mouth

• Digestion

• Ingestion

• Absorption

• Elimination

Occurs when the cells of the digestive system take in small molecules of digested food

• Elimination

• Ingestion

• Digestion

• Absorption

a type of digestion where food is physically broken into smaller pieces

• Chemical digestion

• Automatic digestion

• Mechanical digestion

• Indigestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A type of digestion where chemical reactions break down pieces of food into smaller molecules

• None

• Indigestion

• Mechanical digestion

• Chemical digestion

proteins that help break down large molecules into smaller molecules

• Enzymes

• Villi

• Saliva

• Gastric juice

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7