| A | B |
|---|
| teeth | chop, crush, and grind food |
| saliva | produces chemicals which break starch down. |
| tongue | moves food around in the mouth and mixes the food with the saliva |
| esophagus | food tube, pushes food down from the pharynx 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 | food is broken down chemically; micronutrients and macronutirents are absorbed into the blood stream by the lining of this organ. |
| large intestine | bacteria remove nutrients from waste, water is removed from waste |
| rectum | stores solid waste, just before it is expelled |
| 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 also cleans the blood of poisons and wastes; and it makes certain proteins that the body needs from the amino acids absorbed in digestion. |
| pancreas | makes chemicals needed to break down food, makes insulin |
| enzyme | chemical that breaks down food |
| feces | the solid waste part left over when the body is finished digesting 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 fats; |
| anus | the opening through which the body expells solid waste |
