| A | B |
|---|
| teeth | chop and grind |
| saliva | changes starch to sugar, adds liquid to the food |
| tongue | mixes the food with the saliva |
| esophagus | food tube, pushes food down from the mouth to the stomach |
| stomach | blends, churns, mixes food, digestive juices enter here to break food down |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine where food is broken down further by digestive juices and enzymes |
| small intestine | nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream here |
| large intestine | bacteria remove nutrients from waste, water is removed from waste |
| rectum | stores solid waste |
| salivary glands | make saliva |
| gall bladder | stores bile and sends it to the small intestine |
| liver | makes bile, stores nutrients that the body does not need right away |
| pancreas | makes chemicals needed to break down food, makes insulin |
| enzyme | chemical that breaks down food |
| insulin | helps cells use sugar |
| digestive juices | acids and enzymes in the stomach that break down food |
| bile | yellow-green fluid that breaks down fat |
| peristalsis | contraction of smooth muscle that helps move food through the digestive tract |
| stores vitamin A, D and B complex | liver |
| Emulsifies fat and produced by the liver | bile |
| Passing of substance into the body tissues and fluids | absorption |
| helps digest fatty foods | gallbladder |
| pancreatic enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids | trypsin |
| excessive gas in the digestive tract | flatulence |
| the act of chewing | mastication |
| circular muscle; controls passage of food into stomach | cardiac spincter |
| semi liquid food found in large intestine | chyme |
| palate | separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity |
| water re-absorption happens here | large intestine |
| 99% water; contains enzymes that break down starches | saliva |
| rounded mass of food prepared by mouth for swallowing | bolus |
| muscular organ that churns and releases gastric juices | stomach |
| breaking down food into smaller and smaller pieces | mechanical digestion |
| process where food is converted to substances usable by the body | chemical digestion |
| folds in stomach wall | rugae |
| entire digestive tube from the mouth to the anus | alimentary canal |
| temporary (baby) teeth | deciduous |
| the presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract | flatlulence |
| pyloric sphincter | regulates food passage from the stomach to duodenum |
| cardiac sphincter | controls passage of food into the stomach |
