Digestive System Crash Course

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• Digestion

• Respiration

• Circulation 

• Absorb

What breaks down food in stomach?

• acid 

• salivary glands

• movement 

• time

What does the mouth do?

• Break down the food to make it easier to swallow

• Slows down jaws

• Nothing

• Neither

How long is an adult’s small intestine?

• 30 miles

• 30 inches

• 22 feet

• 17 yards

Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?

• So it can fit in our stomach

• So our bodies can use the nutrients

• So liquids can be separated from solids

• So our bodies enzymes can have something to do

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Place the following events in sequence: Food enters your large intestine; Food enters your small intestine; Food enters your esophagus

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

• B, A, C

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• Nutrients

• Absorb

• Digestion

• Saliva 

What does our body receive from food?

• organs

• saliva

• nutrients

• cells

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To take in matter or energy.

• Digestion

• Nutrients

• Absorb

• Mouth

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What is the primary function of the stomach in the digestive system?

• A) Absorption of nutrients

• B) Mechanical and chemical digestion

• C) Production of bile

• D) Absorption of water