This stores and breaks down food mechanically and chemically and kills bacteria.

Extracts nutrients from foods that are needed for energy, growth, and processes that maintain the body.

The flap covering the larynx during swallowing.

Inflammation of the stomach or intestine. Also known as the "stomach flu".

Removal of waste products from the body.

This tube is where peristalsis starts and transports food from your mouth to your stomach.

Makes glucose and is the body's first source of energy.

The liquid in your mouth that mixes with food particles and contains antibodies, H2O, mucous, and enzymes.

Inflammation of the appendix.

The stage in which food is taken into the body through the mouth.

This absorbs and transports food particles to our body through blood.

Build insulation, pad vital organs, and store energy.

Absorbs water and sends waste out of our body.

Caused by H. Pylori, this condition has symptoms of burning pain in the abdomen.

This order of digestion is ___, ___, ___, then ___.

Releases enzymes to break down food particles in the small intestine.

Contain no energy value but are important to body processes.

A liquid created in the liver that breaks down food.

This condition causes yellowing of the sclera and skin and healthy tissue is replaced by fibrous connective tissue.

The act of taking up a substance into a tissue, such as movement from the small intestine into the bloodstream.

Creates bile which is used to break down fats in the small intestine.

Can be controlled by balancing the amount of food energy taken in and the amount of body energy used.

The gallbladder, pancreas, liver, tongue, salivary glands, and appendix are all examples of what.

These are solid crystals that are formed by bile. Symptoms include pain between the shoulder blades, right upper quadrant pain, and nausea/vomiting.

Mechanical/chemical breakdown of food into nutrients that can be absorbed and used by the body.