The Digestive System

What are the 4 steps of digestion? (in order)

Which of these nutrients are digested in the mouth using enzymes?

the removal of undigested food and other wastes from the body

The act of eating or putting food in the mouth

________ enzymes that help break down proteins.

The teeth and tongue of the oral cavity break foodstuff down physically. This is an example of

The mouth carries out

The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use....

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

which of the following are accessory organs?

Which organ produces bile that breaks down food?

Which organ stores bile?

___________ are enzymes that help break down fats.

What are the contents in your stomach called after mechanical and chemical digestion?

What is gastric juice?

Wavelike motion that propels food forward

Site of macronutrient absorption is

Numerous fingerlike projections in the folds of the wall of the ileum is classified as

The majority of the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream occurs in the _______.

What is the last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body?

What is this organ?

What is the correct order of processes by which nutrients, energy, and waste from food are handled by organisms?

Most water is absorbed in the __________.