Science Exam

• Ingestion - It is the first stage of digestion.
• Metabolism - The process on how the cells use the energy that they obtained from food during digestion.
• Pharynx - It is also known throat that connects to the esophagus.
• Epiglottis - It has a flap which closes the windpipe upon swallowing the food.
• Peristalsis - It is the series of involuntary wavelike muscular contractions that usually occurs the digestive tract.
• Stomach - It is a muscular expandable organ located on the left side of the upper abdomen.
• Small Intestine - It is about six to seven meters long and about two to four-centimeter-wide where 90% of chemical digestion and absorption of food nutrients occur.
• Pancreas - It is a long narrow gland that stretches from the spleen to about halfway through duodenum.
• Liver - Is the largest organ and the largest gland of the body that produces bile.
• Gall blader - It is a green, pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile.
• Appendix - It is a small, thin tube that sits at the lower right abdomen.
• Large Intestine - It is shorter than but wider than the small intestine. It is where the undigested food is stored.