Digestive fluid in the stomach.  It is a mixture of enzymes and acids that chemically break down protein.

The process by which food is broken down into substances that can be used by the cells of the body.

The wider, shorter part of the intestines. Absorbs water and salts out of the remainder of the food before being excreted.

Where the remaining solid wastes (called feces) are stored until they are expelled from the body.  This is the end of the digestive trail, no further digestion takes place here.  

Helps to push food to the back of the mouth to be swallowed.

A little pouch located where the small intentine joins the large intestine.

It has no known purpose in our bodies, but it can sometimes become infected and have to be removed.

Substances that speed up chemical reactions.

For example: in saliva, they help pto break down large starch molecules into smaller molecules of sugar.

Works with pancreatic juice to chemically break down food.  It is made in the walls of the small intestine.

Secretion from the salivary glands that softens and lubricates the food in your mouth.

Tiny, finger-like structures that line the inner wall of the small intestines.

Nutrients from the digested food enter the bloodstream here and are carried to the cells of the body.

Contraction and relaxation of the musclues in the esophagus.  This muscular action that helps to move food through the rest of the digestive tract.

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

One of the 2 kinds of digestion. Occurs as the food is broken down into smaller pieces.

Example: when chewing, your teeth mechanically digest the food in your mouth.

A very long, coiled, tube-like organ where nutrients are absored into the bloodstream.

A type of digestive liquid. It is produced in the liver and breaks down fat in foods.

One of the 2 kinds of digestion. It is the process by which foods are chemically changed into simpler substances.

Example: when gastric fluids in the stomach are added to food to break down protein.

Produces saliva, which is added to the food while still in your mouth.

A storage sac. It holds the bile that is produced in the liver.

Produces another type of digestive juice: pancreatic juice.  It works together with intestinal juice to chemically break down food in the small intestine.

A J-shaped organ that stores and further digests food. Gastric juices are added to the food to chemically break it down further.  3 layers of muscles help to churn the food.

It is protected from the strong digestive juices by a layer of mucus.  Food remains here from 4 to 6 hours.