Grade Four: Health (The Digestive System)

Flashcards for grade 4 health topic The Digestive System

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Where digestion begins
Mouth
Produce juices in the mouth (secrete juices into the mouth)
Salivary glands
Breaks, grinds food into pieces (hold, tear and chew foods)
Teeth
Moves food mass in small, soft bal to the read of the mouth where it is swallowed
Tongue
Food passageway between mouth and stomach
Esophagus
Churns food, adds juices (receives food, churns it, and adds gastric juices to it
Stomach
Makes bile (produces digestive juice called bile)
Liver
Stores bile (stores bile until needed for digestion)
Gall bladder
Produces digestive juices to further break down food in digestion
Pancreas
Absorbs food, sends it throughout body (absorbs useable food substances which are sent to all body parts by blood vessels)
Small intestine
Tiny, finger-like projections found in small intestine
Villi
Water removed, solids stored (stores unused solid substances after water is removed)
Large intestine
Holds solid waste and controls its release from body
Rectum
What is the body’s fuel?
Food is the body’s fuel.
Where is the food changed to fuel?
Food is changed into fuel in the digestive system. This is called digestion.