Science game cards
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
