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how many origins does the digestive system have?

10

The esophagus is about __________ inches long

10 inches

The average person produces __ pints of saliva every day

2

It can take a food bolus __ to __ seconds to travel down the esophagus

2 to 5

the small intestine is about ______ feet long

20

How long is an adult's small intestine?

22 feet

how long is your small intestines?

22 feet

the small intestines has how many parts?

3

About how long is the digestive system in an adult?

30 feet

How many pounds of food and drinks can your stomach hold at one time?

4

Your food can spend up to this _______long _in the small intestine

4 hours

the stomach can hold up to how much food at a time?

4 pounds

The large intestine is about ____ feet long

5

how long is your large intestines

5 feet

The large intestine measures about:

5 feet long

The average liver is ____ inches

5.5

digestion is how long of a process?

6 step

How long does it take to digest food?

6 to 8 hours

the longest attack of hiccups lasted how long?

68 years

the large intestine has how many regions?

8

What is a special drink to help the doctors see your intestines in an x-ray

Barium

Is chewing mechanical or physical or both?

Both

Which breaks down food first that enters the mouth your teeth or saliva or both?

Both saliva breaks it down chemically and your teeth break it down physically

What does the digestive system do

Breaks down and handles food

digestion gives your body what?

Energy

what seperates food into the different nutrients that you body needs?

Enzymes

What moves food and drinks down to your stomach?

Esophagus

What tube moves food from the back of your throat to the stomach

Esophagus

How much hydrochloric acid does the stomach make each day?

Half a gallon

What is the sac-like organ

It is the stomach

Small intestine is called small because

Its circumference (width) is small

In which part of digestive system, most of water is absorbed from food

Large Intestine

Saliva is produced in

Large intestine

The _______ and ________ materials to aid in digestion, including bile and proteases

Liver and Pancreas

The digestive process starts in the

Month

what keeps the stomach from erupting because of the hydraulic acid?

Mucus

does leftover waste from the small intestine go to the colon

No it goes to the large intestine

is the large intestine about 5 cm thick

No it is about 2 1/2 inches thick

Is the rectum the first function of the digestive system

No it is the last

The large intestine doesn't absorb left over water the small intestine failed to absorb is that true?

No the large intestine does aboard leftover water the small intestine doesn't

are the lungs part of the digestive system? If not what system are they part of?

No, they are part of the respiratory system

What is one stage of digestion?

Nutrients absorption

Which organs help with the absorption of nutrients

Pancreas, liver, and gall bladder

Both food and air pass through the ____

Pharynx

what animal does not have a stomach?

Platypus

The liver's role is to

Remove harmful substances from the blood

Most of the digestion happens in

Small Intestine

Most of the nutrients from food are taken by body in

Small Intestine

Which is the biggest part of human digestive system in length?

Small Intestine

What is the most important organ in the digestive system?

Small intestine

which is bigger the small intestine or large intestine?

Small intestine

Gastric juices are produced in

Stomach

Most of the harmful bacteria of food is killed in

Stomach

The gallbladder _______ bile

Stores

On the digestive system diagram, what is at the bottom of the digestive track

The Anus

What is the main function of teeth

They grind food into smaller piece

Does the acid in the stomach kill bacteria

Yes

Ca your body move food through the digestive system while on your head?

Yes because it is not connected to gravity

Can your stomach stretch?

Yes in fact it can

Does saliva have enzymes

Yes saliva has enzymes

What separates food into nutrients your body needs

enzymes

true or false the digestive system is highly immune to cancer.

false

The acid in the stomach is called

hydrochloric acid

Bile is made in the

liver

What is one function of the pancreas

makes pancreatic juices called enzymes.

The liver ______ bile

produces

The gallbladder can

reuse bile

what is the main source of digestion?

small intestines

What does the gallbladder do?

stores bile

What does the digestive system do?

takes in nutrients, breaks them down, and eliminates unabsorbed matter

the small intestine can cover the entirety of what court?

tennis court

Another name for small intestine is

the bowels

What receives stool from the colon

the rectum

What is the widest part of the digestive system?

the stomach

why does saliva produce more when you throw up?

to protect your teeth from acids

true or false: the acid in your stomach can burn your skin.

true

can the digestive system tell when you stressed?

yes

can the digestive system work without gravity?

yes

can you eat upside down?

yes

does the rectum hold stool

yes it does until it exits the body


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