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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
  • Why is good nutrition important to Christians?
    Good nutrition is one way to take care of the bodies that God has chosen to use as temples for the Holy Spirit.
  • Special cluster of cells on the tongue that react to chemicals in food are called _____
    Taste buds
  • What is a ring of muscles that control an opening?
    A Sphincter
  • What is the name of the flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea?
    epiglottis
  • What is one way that the gastric juices help in digestion?
    Help the stomach break down food.
  • The strechy storage bag in the digestive tract below the esophagus is called the ____
    stomach
  • 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 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
  • How will eating more protein help your body?
    Proteins are used to build and repair your body. Eating foods with protein will help build muscles.
  • Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood as chyme passes through the _____
    small intestine
  • What are the five basic group foods?
    Fruits, proteins, dairy, vegetables, and grains.
  • Name the four basic tastes
    Sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
  • The nutrients that provide stored energy and help insulate the body are called _____
    fats
  • What is the liquid like mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?
    Chyme
  • To help you know how much of each food group you need, the food groups are displayed in a _____
    Place setting
  • What is one of the jobs that saliva has in digestion?
    Breaks down food for digestion / Make food soft and wet.
  • what organ produces bile and filters poison and wastes from the blood?
    Liver
  • How do teeth help in digestion? (two ways)
    Tear and crush food to help break it down.
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