Digestive System

Question 1

Function of Digestive System

Answer 1

Digestion, Absorption, Elimination

Question 2

Mouth

Answer 2

Entrance to the GI System: Food is chewed and swallowed
Digestion Start Here

Question 3

Masticated

Answer 3

Chewed

Question 4

Esophagus

Answer 4

Subway system of digestive system

Question 5

What happens in the Esophagus

Answer 5

Runs behind the Trachea and connects mouth to the stomach

Question 6

Does digestion happen in the Esophagus

Answer 6

NO

Question 7

What kind of muscle is Esophagus

Answer 7

Smooth Muscle
- contracts to push food down

Question 8

Stomach

Answer 8

Temporary storage unit

Question 9

Cardiac Sphincter is what?

Answer 9

Entrance from Esophagus

Question 10

Pyloric Sphincter

Answer 10

Entrance from the stomach to the small intestine.

Question 11

What kind of Muscle is Sphincter and what does it do?

Answer 11

The round muscle that opens and close to allow food in 1way direction

Question 12

What happens if food goes backwards?

Answer 12

Throw up

Question 13

3 Part of the Small Intestine

Answer 13

-Duodenum: 1st 10 Inches
- Jejunum: 2nd
- lleum: 3rd
Jejunum and Ileum 23 feet combined

Question 14

What happens in the Duodenum?

Answer 14

Where digestion is completed (mostly)

Question 15

What happens in Jejunum and Ilium

Answer 15

Absorption Occurs

Question 16

What is 4-5 feet long

Answer 16

Large Intestine

Question 17

Important about Large Intestine

Answer 17

-Thicker than small Intestine.
-Consist of Cecum, Colon, Rectum, & Anus

Question 18

Ileocecal Valve Does what?

Answer 18

Entrance from the ileum into Cecum