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| I supply our body with energy. I do this by breaking down food and absorbing it into the body. |
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| I help prepare food for swallowing. I push food against the palate forming the food into a shape you can easily swallow. |
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| I sense what we're eating and send messages from specific parts (salty, sweet, bitter, etc.) to the brain. |
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| I tear food into smaller pieces and begin to turn starch into sugar. I make bits of food more liquid so it can move on in the digestive tract. |
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| I am a foot long tube that goes to the stomach. Muscles in me squeeze so much that the food just pushes down the tube. |
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| I am essentially a chamber for storage and mixing. Here swallowed food is churned and mixed with powerful acids and enzymes. |
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| I am wavelike action that pushes food through the entire gastrointestinal tract. I move digesting food along in much the same way that toothpaste is squeezed through a tube. |
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| I am the chemicals that help break down food. |
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| I am the large reddish-brown organ that makes bile. Bile helps the body absorb food. |
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| I am the longer, narrower portion of the intestine. I lead away from the stomach to the large intestine. |
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| I am the shorter, thick lower part of the intestine. I have spongy walls that soak up a lot of water. I return that water to the bloodstream. |
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