Share The Digestive System -- Ch. 11
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What are the squeezing movements made by the esophagus muscles as food moves through the stomach?
Peristalsis
What is the liquid like mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?
Chyme
What is the name of the flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea?
epiglottis
How do teeth help in digestion? (two ways)
Tear and crush food to help break it down.
What is one way that the tongue helps in digestion?
It pushes a small ball of food toward the back of the throat to be swallowed.
What is one of the jobs that saliva has in digestion?
Breaks down food for digestion / Make food soft and wet.
What is one way that the gastric juices help in digestion?
Help the stomach break down food.
What digestive organ produces insulin and makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed?
Pancreas
What organ stores excess bile from the liver and releases it when needed?
Gallbladder
what organ produces bile and filters poison and wastes from the blood?
Liver
What are the five basic group foods?
Fruits, proteins, dairy, vegetables, and grains.
To help you know how much of each food group you need, the food groups are displayed in a _____
Place setting
Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood as chyme passes through the _____
small intestine
What is a ring of muscles that control an opening?
A Sphincter
Special cluster of cells on the tongue that react to chemicals in food are called _____
Taste buds
The strechy storage bag in the digestive tract below the esophagus is called the ____
stomach
