| A | B |
|---|
| Mouth | Where digestion begins |
| Peristalsis | Muscle contractions that push food through the esophagus |
| Large intestine | Water is absorbed here |
| Water | Chosen during a period of emergency as a nutrient |
| Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta | Largest part a person's diet on the Food Pyramid |
| Small amounts of Fats and Sugars | Prevention of heart disease |
| Daily | Foods from the food pyramid should be eaten |
| Digestive system | Break down food for use, absorb into blood, eliminate waste |
| Saliva | Enzyme in mouth that begins chemical digestion |
| Stomach muscles | Churn and mix food with digestive juice |
| Small intestine | Does most chemical digetion and absorbs most nutrients |
| Liver | Organ that produces bile |
| Enzymes | Help in chemical digestion |
| Epiglottis | Flap of tissue that prevents food from entering your windpipe |
| Gallbladder | Stores bile and releases it through a tube into the small intestine |
| Carbon | Element whose symbol is C |
| Hydrogen | Element whose symbol is H |
| Oxygen | Element whose symbol is O |
| Neon | Has 10 protons, 10 electrons and 10 neutrons |
