Science -- Ch.11 -- Digestive System | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is Weston's favorite slurpee flavor?

blue raspberry

What is Mr. M's favorite food?

sushi

Name the four basic tastes

sweet, sour, salty, bitter

The nutrients that provide stored energy and help insulate the body are called ___________.

fats

The stretchy storage bag in the digestive tract below the esophagus is called the _______.

stomach

Special cluster of cells on the tongue that react to chemicals in food are called __________.

taste buds

A sphincter is a ring of ___________ that control an opening.

muscles

Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood as chyme passes through the _________.

small intestine

To help yo know how much of each food group you need, the food groups are displayed in a _________.

place setting

What are the five basic food groups?

fruits, protein, dairy, vegetables, and grains

What organ produces bile and filters poison and wastes from the blood?

liver

What organ stores excess bile from the liver and releases it when needed?

gallbladder

What digestive organ produces insulin and makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed?

pancreas

What is one way that the gastric juices help in digestion?

They help the stomach break down food.

what is one of the jobs that saliva has in digestion?

It breaks down food for digestion

What is one way that the tongue helps in digestion?

pushes small ball of food toward the back of the throat to be swallowed

How do teeth help in digestion?

they tear and crush food to help break it down

What is the name of the flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea?

epiglottis

What is the liquidlike mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?

chyme

What are the squeezing movements made by the esophagus muscles as food moves to the stomach?

peristalsis