A | B |
pancreas | makes enzymes |
bile | breaks down fatty molecules |
liver | makes bile |
gall bladder | stores bile |
salivary glands | moisten food, makes enzymes |
mouth | physical and chemical changes |
epiglottis | flap of skin covering trachea |
esophagus | tube connecting mouth with stomach |
stomach | enzymes, hydrochloric acid |
chyme | soupy mixture made in stomach |
small intestine | 7 meters, diffusion |
diffusion | small intestine, molecules moving from high concentration to low concentration |
large intestine | vitamins B & K, waste moves into this organ |
escherichia coli | in large intestine, decomposes waste |
rectum | stores solid waste |
anus | solid waste leaves the body |
time stomach & large intestine | 4 hours |
time small intestine | 12 hours |
total digestion time | about 20 hours |
blood stream | carries brokesn down food molecules to cells from small intestine |