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| Question | Answer |
| What are the different levels of organisation in your body? | Cells tissues organs organ systems |
| Name 5 organ systems of the body? | Respiratory system, Digestive system, Circulatory system, Excretory system, Skeletal system. |
| Name the organ system which makes the food available in a form the body can use? | Digestive System |
| Define Digestion. | The process of breaking down food into useable form and making the nutrients available. |
| Where does digestion take place in your body? | In the Digestive system |
| What does your Digestive System consist of? | A digestive tract, organs off to the side of the digestive tract that produce chemicals that assist with digestion |
| What is the first part of the Digestive tract? | The Mouth |
| Name 3 organs of the Digestive System? | Stomach, Liver and Pancreas (Answers may vary) |
| What are the two types of Digestion? | Mechanical Digestion. AND Chemical Digestion. |
| How does Mechanical digestion happen? | Mechanical digestion happens when you tear and chew food with your teeth. |
| How does Chemical Digestion happen? | Chemical Digestion happens when saliva in your mouth and gastric juice in your stomach break down your food. |
| Define Gastric Juice. | A mixture of chemicals produced by cells in the stomach wall. |
| Why is Chemical Digestion a chemical change? | Because new substances are produced. |
| What are the four types of teeth in your mouth? | |
| Define Saliva. | Saliva is a watery liquid produced by your salivary glands. |
| What is oesophagus? | The oesophagus is long, muscular tube that has the mouth at one end and stomach at the other end. |
| What is the process of Peristalsis? | The process of pushing food through the digestive tract by alternating contraction and relaxing of muscles. |
| What is the only muscle in the human body that is attached at only one end? | The Tongue. |
| What makes sure that the food goes into your stomach and not into your lungs? | Epiglottis (flap of skin) |
| What is Bolus? |
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