Digestive System General Science 7th Grade

A review of t he diges

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Teeth
They grind the food into small bits to be swallowed.
Tongue
Moves food around in your mouth.
Palate
Blocks food from getting to the nose.(hard in front soft in back)
Salivary glands
Produces saliva to moisten the food (responds to smell/taste sensee)
Pharynx
"branched" tube that squeezes to move food to the esophagus.
Esophagus
"pipe" to the stomach
Stomach
Where most of the digestion takes place.
Small intestine
A tube to the largeintestine.
Large intestine
Comprised of: colon, cecum, and rectum
Gall bladder
Sends bile and other digestive chemicals to small intestine.
Pancreas
Sends other diegestive chemicals to small intestine.
Liver
Warms blood. detoxes blood. makes bile. stores extra monasacarhides.
Appendix
A worm shaped tube. we don't know what it does.
Rectum
Where the food is prepared to leave the body. last part of the large intestine.
Anus
Where the food leaves the body.