What is the long tube that connects the mouth and stomach?
What is the long tube that connects the mouth and stomach?
The Esophagus
What is the process of Peristalis?
What is the process of Peristalis?
a series of involuntary muscle contractions
What is chyme?
What is chyme?
the fluid that converts food by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine
What does saliva do?
What does saliva do?
breaks down carbs and helps in the swallowing process
How does the digestive system start?
How does the digestive system start?
The mouth is instructed by the brain
Is there a cure for Chron's disease
Is there a cure for Chron's disease
No there is no cure for Chron's disease
A gulten free diet is a treatment for which disease
A gulten free diet is a treatment for which disease
Celiac disease
What is Cirrhosis
What is Cirrhosis
When the liver deteriorates and malfunctions due to chronic injury
What causes Chron's disease?
What causes Chron's disease?
abnormal immune reaction to food and bacteria
What is Cirrhosis?
What is Cirrhosis?
When the liver deteriorates and malfunctions due to chronic injury
Where does the food go after leaving the stomach?
Where does the food go after leaving the stomach?
The small intestine
What are 4 of the 10 main parts of the digestive system
What are 4 of the 10 main parts of the digestive system
Mouth, Salivary Glands, Esophagus, liver, gall bladder, stomach, pancrease, small intestine, lage intestine, and #!!##!!##!!##!!##!!##!!#/#!!##!!##!!##!!#
How much bacteria species can the average person hold?
How much bacteria species can the average person hold?
400
Each day humans can produce how many pints of saliva
Each day humans can produce how many pints of saliva
1-3
Which organ does more then 500 jobs?
Which organ does more then 500 jobs?
The liver
What happens within the small intestine?
What happens within the small intestine?
Everythin mixes up with bile from the liver, and enzymes from the pancrease
At the end of the esophagus it opens up and...
At the end of the esophagus it opens up and...
allows food into the stomach
What makes the food turn into liquid?
What makes the food turn into liquid?
Acid enzymes and mucus in the stomach, aided by muscle conractions
What happens to everything that is indegestible?
What happens to everything that is indegestible?
it is moved to the large intestine
Where does the food nutrients go?
Where does the food nutrients go?
They are taken to the intestinal wall and into the blood vessels
What does the digestive system do?
What does the digestive system do?
Provide energy and to break down food into its smallest parts so it could build nourish cells
