Science digestive system
What is the small intestant
A long, narrow tube where more juices are added from the small intestine, liver, and pancreas
What does the stomach do?
Digestive juices attack the food, breaking it down even more and eventually turning it into a liquid.
Large intestine is 3 inches in diameter and 5-6 feet long in an adult
False
The three main steps of digestion are?
Food is broken down. Particles of food are absorbed into the blood. waste is removed from the body.
What does the tongue do?
Helps move food around in the mouth
What does the teeth do?
Helps us take bites of food
What other organs assist in digestion?
Liver, pancreas, kidneys, bladder
How does food travel through the digestive system?
Mouth to esophagus to stomach to small intestine to large intestine (colon) then to the anus in which you will likely poop
What are some medical problems that are associated with the digestive system?
Obesity,Eating disorder and exc
What does the esophagus do?
Pipe that carries food down to the stomach
What does the liver do?
Regulates the level of sugars and other chemicals in the blood
Mouth =
Saliva
How is food mechanically broken down?
The food is physically being broken down in the stomach
when does digeston happen when you eat
automaticley
What does the digestive system do for the body?
breaks down food into nutrients that the body can use
How is food chemically broken down?
by enzymatic hydrolysis
What breaks foods down into smaller, soluble particles through a process called digestion
digestive system
What path does food travel through the digestive system?
mouth
Small intestine is 1.5 inches in diameter and 20 feet long in an adult
true
their is medical problems associated with the digestive system?
true