Download Digestion and excretion review set

Digestive and Urinary Systems review set
1. What is the function of each digestive organ: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum?
2. Describe what happens during mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, and absorption.
3. What chemicals/enzymes are released in each of the following and what do these chemicals specifically
breakdown? Mouth, Stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine
4. Explain what happens when you’re constipated.
5. Explain what happens when you have diarrhea.
6. Explain how a chicken and cheese burrito is digested. Explain the digestive organs and chemicals
involved.
7. Why are enzymes necessary in the digestive system?
8. List each of the accessory organs and their functions.
9. What are gallstones and why can someone live without a gall bladder?
10. What causes heartburn?
11. What causes ulcers?
12. Draw and label the organs that make up the urinary system.
13. What is a nephron and what does it do?
14. Explain how blood is cleaned at the kidneys (be sure to include all three steps).
15. What is healthy urine made of?
16. What substances are absorbed by the kidney? What substances are released into the ureter?
17. Ammonia is a byproduct of the breakdown of proteins. How does our body get rid of it?
18. Why is a urinalysis an important test for many illnesses such as diabetes?
19. What hormone was studied in class that is involved in urine formation? Explain how the hormone
helps regulate this process.
20. What is dialysis? Why would a person need to undergo dialysis treatments?
21. What is nitrogenous waste in our body? Where does it come from?