Digestive and Nervous System Anatomy

Question 1

Esophagus

Answer 1

Muscular tube that allows food to pass from the throat to the stomach.

Question 2

Stomach

Answer 2

The hollow organ of the digestive system that stores food.

Question 3

Small Intestine

Answer 3

Section between the stomach and the large intestine where the digestion of food takes place.

Question 4

Large Intestine

Answer 4

Section of intestinal tract that absorbs water from food matter and aids in the transmission of the waste removal from the body.

Question 5

Gallbladder

Answer 5

Small sac where bile is stored.

Question 6

Brain

Answer 6

Control center of the nervous system that receives, directs, and interprets sensory information through the body.

Question 7

Spinal Cord

Answer 7

Nervous tissue extending from the bottom of the brain through the spinal column that is the main pathway for information.

Question 8

Nerves

Answer 8

Fibers transmitting impulses in the nervous system between the brain, spinal cord and the body’s organs out to the muscles and glands.