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