Digestive System

mechanical digestion happens here

• stomach

• liver

• esophagus

• pancreas

A disease in which stomach acid goes up into the esophagus causing burning pain and sometimes ulcers.

• celiac disease

• GERD (acid reflux)

• appendicitus

• diarhea

Amylase in saliva changes starch into...

• sugar

• waste

• stomach acid

• chyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What is the digestive system?

• A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

• A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

• A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

• A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

Where does the digestive system start?

• The liver

• The throat

• The stomach

• The mouth

What does the salivary glands do for the digestive system?

• It produce saliva, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system moist.

• It produce moist, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system saliva.

• It produces ptyalin to make saliva for the mouth, so the system can start.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What are 2 MOST important organs of the digestive system?

• small intestines

• esophagus

• large intestines

• pharynx

What does the small intestine do?

• reabsorbs the water after the process of the system.

• Absorbs most of the end of the nutrients and minerals from where the food takes place.

• keeps the stomach in balance for when the system starts.

• Absorbs most of the food that's left from the process.

Which parts of the diagram is the small and large intestine?

• A~ small intestine

  E~ large intestine

• D~ small intestine

  E~ large intestine

• C~ large intestine

  B~ small intestine

• A~ large intestine

  C~ small intestine

• E~ small intestine

  D~ large intestine

Which is the esophagus?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E