HUMAN DIGESTIVE

SYSTEM

THE SQUEEZING MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS TO MOVE

FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IS

CALLED WHAT?PERISTALSIS

WHERE IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DOES PERISTALSIS

FIRST HAPPEN?ESOPHAGUS

WHAT IS THE MAIN JOB OF THE STOMACH?

TO MAKE CHYME

IN WHAT ORGAN DOES MOST CHEMICAL

DIGESTION TAKE PLACE?SMALL INTESTINE

WHERE IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ARE VILLI FOUND?

SMALL INTESTINE

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE

VILLI?TO ABSORB NUTRIENTS

WHAT ORGAN MAKES BILE?

LIVER

WHAT ORGAN STORES BILE?

GALL BLADDER

HOW DOES BILE HELP DIGEST

FOOD?BREAKS DOWN

FATS

FOR DIGESTION, THE PANCREAS

MAKES WHAT TWO THINGS?DIGESTIVE

ENZYMES AND BICARBONATES

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF

BICARBONATE?NEUTRALIZE

ACIDS

WHAT IS THE MAIN JOB OF THE LARGE

INTESTINE?ABSORB WATER

WHERE IS MOST OF THE GOOD GUY

BACTERIA FOUND?

LARGE INTESTINE