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Digestive system
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Why is the Digestive system important?
Carries carbon dioxide and oxygen away from the body
transports blood cells
provides oxygen that cells need
Provides nutrients that cells need to produce energy
2
What is the food passage tube that connects the mouth to the stomach?
esophagus
Trachea
intestines
tubule
3
What does the mouth do in digestion?
kills cells while digesting
Teeth,tongue,saliva chew, break down, and lubricate the food
eats food
absorbs nutrients
4
What do the organs of the digestive system do?
breaks down food into basic nutrients
breaks down oxygen
Kills bad breath
Helps you lose weight
5
After chewing, food is swallowed and passes down the esophagus to the ____________?
hips
lungs
stomach
heart
6
What is the longest organ of the digestive system?
stomach
large intestine
gall bladder
small intestine
7
When you chew food, what is squirted in your mouth?
coffee
enzymes
saliva
starch
8
In order, what are the main organs that food travels through the digestive system?
mouth, esophagus, small intestine, stomach, large intestine
mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, larger int., small int.
mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large inestinet
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
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What are the main functions of the large intestine?
It crushes the food, and stores it for energy
produces chime
Absorbs water and minerals into bloodstream, collects waste
absorbs proteins and carbohydrates into the bloodstream
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Which of the following organs is NOT used during digestion?
pancreas
lungs
liver
stomach
