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Digestive System

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  • When you get bad at making insulin and with a better diet and exercise it goes away.
    Type 2 diabetes
  • How many calories in a pound
    3500
  • This is D
    Liver
  • This organ produces bile.
    Gallbladder
  • What day of the year is the national hot dog eating contest?
    July 4th
  • This is AC
    Pancreas
  • This is a organ that has no function
    Appendix
  • This is B
    Salivary glands
  • Where does most water absorption take place?
    Large intestine.
  • When the mouth and stomach break down food with the use of Enzymes (acids)
    Chemical Digestion
  • What do you call the little flesh hairs inside the intestine that increase absorption.
    Villi
  • This is where most absorption of nutrients take place?
    Small Intestine
  • This enzyme/acid breaks down fat.
    Bile
  • On average how long is the small intestine?
    30 feet
  • this is AB
    Gall Bladder
  • This organ produces Insulin?
    The Pancreas
  • This is AF
    Small intestine
  • This is E
    Stomach
  • Long muscled pipe made of smooth muscle to push the food down.
    Esophagus
  • When the mouth breaks up food by chewing
    Mechanical digestion
  • This is where most chemical and some mechanical digestion takes place.
    The Stomach
  • This is needed to carry glucose to the body for use.
    Insulin
  • This is A
    Mouth
  • This is AD
    Large intestine
  • What is the process called when smooth muscles push food around?
    Peristalsis
  • Name the enzyme/acid the breaks down carbohydrates.
    Amylace
  • The main function of this organ is to filter bad stuff out of the body?
    The Liver
  • How much water can be absorbed into the blood stream every 20 minutes?
    8-12 oz
  • This is c
    Esophagus
  • Holes in the stomach lining are called?
    Ulcers
  • When your body has stopped making insulin forever?
    Type 1 diabetes