P4 Digestive System

b Saliva is important because it helps you chew, taste, and swallow.

Food is mixed with the ____________ to make it soft enough to swallow a) water b)saliva c) blood

a The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine all have muscular walls. When these muscle walls contract, the hollow organ narrows, pushing the food forward. The contraction happens in waves that move along the organs

How does the food move through the body before it is absorbed? a) mouth -> gullet -> stomach -> small intestine b) stomach -> mouth -> gullet -> small intestine c) gullet -> stomach ->small intestine -> large intestine

c The stomach is a muscular bag that begins the digestive process. On entering the stomach, food is mixed with gastric/digestives juices and churned by contractions of muscles in the stomach wall.

In the stomach, the food is crushed further and mixed with_______? a) water b) blood c) digestive juices

a The digested food and nutrients are absorbed into your blood through the wall of the small intestine.

What carries the digested food to the rest of the body? a)blood b)saliva c)digestive juices

b The gullet's main function is basically to push the food from the mouth down to the stomach. It is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube. It is also known as an esophagus.

What is the function of the gullet? a)to digest food b) passageway for food to flow c) to absorb materials

c Small intestine is important in helping to absorb nutrients to give energy that our body needs.

What is the function of the small intestine a) store and break down the food b) pass waste materials from the body c) absorb most of the nutrients from the food we eat

a Esophagus is like a long digestive tube that helps to pass the food to the stomach.

What is the organ that pushes the swallowed food from the mouth to the stomach a) oesophagus b) stomach c) small intestine

a The solid waste is then stored in the rectum until it passes out through anus.

Where does digestion end? a)anus b)small intestine c)large intestine

b Q1. Digestion begins in the mouth where food is chewed and ends at the reticulum. Food follows the following path: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus.

Where does digestion starts? a) stomach b)mouth c) ears

c In the large intestine, water is removed from the liquid paste turning what is left into solid waste. The solid waste finally leaves the body through the anus.

Where does undigested food pass through? a) anus b) gullet c) large intestine

b Lungs is an organ in respiratory system not digestive.

Which one of the organs is not in the digestive system? a) stomach b) lungs C)mouth

a Undigested leftovers pass into the large intestine, which absorbs water and minerals. Harmless bacteria flourish in the waste and produce some vitamins, which are also absorbed.

Which organ is responsible for absorbing water and minerals? a) large intestine b) small intestine c) anus