| A | B |
|---|
| Food must be digested because it is too ___ and too ___ for your body to use | Big Complicated |
| Your __ begin mechanical digestion in your mouth | Teeth |
| Your __ __ begin chemical digestion in your mouth | Salivary Glands |
| This keeps food from going down your trachea (windpipe) | Epiglottis |
| After leaving the pharynx, food enters the long pipe to your stomach called the | Esophagus |
| These muscle contractions keep food moving toward your stomach | Peristalsis |
| Can food move toward your stomach when you stand on your head? | Yes (muscle contractions called peristalsis do this) |
| After leaving the esophagus, the food enters your __ | Stomach |
| In your stomach, __ helps chemical digestion of your food | Acid (Hydrochloric Acid) |
| Does your stomach do any mechanical digestion? | Yes! It helps grind food |
| From the stomach, your food now enters the first part of the small intestine called the __ | Duodenum |
| In the duodenum, __ is added to hlep chemically digest food | Bile (from the liver) and Pancreataic Juice (from the pancreas) |
| The main job of the small intestine is to __ food into the bloodstream | Absorb |
| The __ in the small intestine are little "fingers" surrounded by capillaries that absorb food | Villi |
| The __ pours bile into the duodenum to help break down fats | Bile |
| After the small intestine, all that is left is waste that enters the __ __ | Large Intestine |
| The __ __ stores bile from the liver until it is needed | Gall Bladder |
