Digestive system bellringer

body system that breaks down food and absorbs nutrients

• digestive system

• mouth

• mechanical digestion

where digestion begins

• chemical digestion

• mouth

• mechanical digestion

physical breakdown of food

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• mechanical digestion

breaking down food with enzymes

• chemical digestion

• esophagus

• peristalsis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

tube connecting the mouth to the stomach

• stomach

• esophagus

• peristalsis

waves of muscle contractions (squeezing)

• stomach

• small intestine

• peristalsis

large muscular sac that continues the mechanical and chemical digestion of food

• stomach

• small intestine

• liver

Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place

• pancreas

• small intestine

• liver

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

absorbs water into bloodstream

• gall bladder

• large intestine

• liver

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What are the two types of Digestion?

• Chemical digestion & Mechanical digestion

• Mechanical digestion & Muscular Digestion

• Chemical digestion & Muscular digestion

• Dermal digestion & Muscular digestion