Lesson 5 Flashcards
Stomach
It’s a muscular bag that mashes food and mixes the food with digestive juices. These juices break down some nutrients and kill germs. Then the food, which is now a liquid, goes through an opening to the small intestine.
Esophagus
It’s a long tube that begins in your throat. It moves food from the mouth to the stomach.
Small Intestine
It’s a long coiled tube that digests food and absorbs nutrients your body needs from the digested food. Anything not absorbed is sent to the large Intestine
Large Intestine
It’s a large tube that soaks up water and minerals and leaves only the waste. Solid waste passes out of your body.
Liver
The liver makes a juice called bile that helps break large blobs of fat into tiny droplets so that the fats can be broken down easily.
Gallbladder
The Gallbladder stores bile from the liver and sends it into the small intestine only when food passes through.
Pancreas
The pancreas make juices that are released into the small intestine. These juices break down fats and proteins into small pieces that can be absorbed by the body.
Digestive System Conatins:?
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, liver, and the pancreas
How does your body get rid of urea?
Releases it as urine
Kidneys
The kidneys are organs that remove waste from the blood. They also help to converse water and to make sure the blood does not have too much or too little salt.
Ureters
After the kidneys filter the blood, the waste, urine collects in tubes called ureters. These take the urine to the bladder.
Bladder
The bladder stores urine and then releases it from the body. The bladder can stretch like a ballon. It can hold up to a pint of urine at a time!
Urethra
The urethra is a small tube that takes urine from the bladder to outside of the body.
Vocab of Test:
Stomach, pancreas, liver, bladder, kidney, esophagus, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine, ureters, and the urethra
Urinary System Contains:?
Kidney, ureters, bladder, and the urethra.