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Science -- Ch.11 -- Digestive System

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  • What is one way that the gastric juices help in digestion?
    They help the stomach break down food.
  • Name the four basic tastes
    sweet, sour, salty, bitter
  • what is one of the jobs that saliva has in digestion?
    It breaks down food for digestion
  • What organ produces bile and filters poison and wastes from the blood?
    liver
  • What are the squeezing movements made by the esophagus muscles as food moves to the stomach?
    peristalsis
  • A sphincter is a ring of ___________ that control an opening.
    muscles
  • What is the liquidlike mixture of food formed when the juices in the stomach break down swallowed food?
    chyme
  • Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood as chyme passes through the _________.
    small intestine
  • What is Weston's favorite slurpee flavor?
    blue raspberry
  • What is Mr. M's favorite food?
    sushi
  • What is one way that the tongue helps in digestion?
    pushes small ball of food toward the back of the throat to be swallowed
  • What organ stores excess bile from the liver and releases it when needed?
    gallbladder
  • The nutrients that provide stored energy and help insulate the body are called ___________.
    fats
  • Special cluster of cells on the tongue that react to chemicals in food are called __________.
    taste buds
  • What digestive organ produces insulin and makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed?
    pancreas
  • What is the name of the flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea?
    epiglottis
  • To help yo know how much of each food group you need, the food groups are displayed in a _________.
    place setting
  • The stretchy storage bag in the digestive tract below the esophagus is called the _______.
    stomach
  • What are the five basic food groups?
    fruits, protein, dairy, vegetables, and grains
  • How do teeth help in digestion?
    they tear and crush food to help break it down