Digestive system: Worksheet

Match the definition to the correct word

1. Organ that synthesizes bile LIVER

2. Organ that secretes hormone insulin PANCREAS

3. Emulsifying agent important for fat digestion BILE

4. Site where most digestion and absorption occurs DUODENUM

5. Organ that stores and concentrates bile GALL BLADDER

6. Chyme leaves the stomach through a sphincter PYLORIC SPHINCTER

7. Food tube from pharynx to the stomach ESOPHAGUS

8. Rhythmic alternating contraction and relaxation of a muscle PERISTALSIS

9. Wormlike structure that hangs off cecum APPENDIX

10. Intestinal segment between the duodenum and ileum JEJUNUM

11. Membrane that helps anchor the digestive organs in place PERITONEAL

12. Food is digested chemically and MECHANICALLY

13. One of the layers of the digestive tract SEROSA

14. Alimentary canal begins at the mouth and ends at the ANUS

15. One of the parts of the large intestine CECUM

16. Occurs if peristalsis movement too slow in the large intestines CONSTIPATION