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