Download Digestive System

Digestive System
1. Function of the Digestive system?
2. What is the alimentary canal?
3. You need to know the following parts of the alimentary canal and
their functions.
• Mouth (buccal cavity) , teeth , tongue , hard palate, soft palate,
uvula, salivary glands, bolus
• Pharynx , esophagus, peristalsis
• Stomach , chyme
• Small intestine – duodenum , jejunum , ileum , villi
• Large Intestine – Cecum , ascending , transverse, sigmoid and
rectum
• Enzymes – pepsin / peptidase, sucrose/lactase, lipase, salivary
amylase
4. You need to know the following parts of the accessory organs and
their functions.
• Liver - What is the liver’s role in bile, glucose, blood clots, and
detoxification?
• Gallbladder – What is the gallbladder’s function?
• Pancreas – What is the pancreas’s role in digestion and insulin?
• Where is bile produced, stored? , And what is its function?
• What is the role of insulin?
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Label the parts of the digestive system on the diagram AND draw in / label the accessory organs.
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In the boxes provided write in the organs / enzymes that belong.