Download The Digestive System

The Digestive System
Directions:
Insert and install your Interactions: Foundations CD.
a. Click the "Contents" button.
b. Open the Organ and System Level of Organization file.
c. Click on Anatomy Overviews.
d. Work through The Digestive System.
1. a. Identify the two general digestive system “organ groups.”
b. Define general digestive system functions.
2. Click the Salivary Glands for further investigation.
a.
Define salivary gland function.
b. Identify each of the following.
3. Return to the main Digestive System homepage and identify the Pharynx. Next, click on the Liver or Gall
Bladder for further investigation.
a.
The liver and gall bladder serve several functions. Describe these functions.
b. Identify the following.
4. Return again to the main Digestive System homepage. This time, click and investigate the Esophagus.
a.
Define peristalsis and explain the general function of the esophagus.
b. Identify each of the following.
5. Go back to the main Digestive System homepage and click the Stomach.
a.
Describe chemical and mechanical digestion in the stomach.
b. Identify each of the following.
6. Once again, return to the main Digestive System homepage. Click and investigate the Pancreas.
a.
Explain digestive functions of the pancreas.
b. Identify each of the following.
7. Go back to the main Digestive System homepage and click the Large Intestine.
a.
Describe large intestine function.
b. Identify each of the following.
8. One last trip back to the main Digestive System homepage. Click and investigate the Small Intestine.
a.
Describe chemical and mechanical digestion, as well as absorption, that occurs in the small intestine.
b. Identify each of the following.