What is homeostasis?
Maintenance of internal stability
Digestion of food
Excretion o solid wastes
Uptake and use of food
The mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine forms the:
Large intestine
Small intestine
Alimentary canal
Appendix
What is the digestive system?
The body's breathing system
The body's system of nerves
The body's food-processing system
The body's blood-transporting system
What happens when food reaches the stomach?
No digestion occurs in the stomach.
The food moves quickly into the small intestine.
Juices mix with the food and stomach muscles squeeze it.
The food is completely digested and is absorbed by tiny blood vessels in the walls of the stomach.
Composed of the teeth, tongue, salivary glands and muscles, this part takes in food to begin the process of digestion.
Mouth
Anus
Esophagus
Stomach
Which organ produces a bodily juice called bile?
Liver
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Gallbladder and liver are:
Digestive organs
Auxiliary organs
Respiratory organs
Circulatory organs
Digestion takes place in a long tube-like canal called the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract. Food travels through these organs in the following order:
Mouth, gullet, stomach, small intestine,large intestine and rectum
Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum
Mouth, stomach, oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
Mouth, stomach, gullet, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
Define peristalsis.
Series of muscle contractions and relaxations
Excretion of waste
Solid waste leaves the body through the rectum, then the anus. Liquid waste leaves the body after passing through the:
kidneys and bladder
blood vessels and lungs
large intestine and bowel
small intestine and large intestine