WARM-UP NOVEMBER 9, 2014
WHAT IS THIS? AND…WHAT DOES IT DO???
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 24, PAGE
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
THE DIGESTIVE TRACT INCLUDES THE MOUTH, PHARYNX,
ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE, AND LARGE INTESTINE.
THE LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS, AND SALIVARY GLANDS ADD
MATERIALS TO THE DIGESTIVE TRACT TO HELP BREAK DOWN FOOD.
VOCABULARY 
1. MECHANICAL DIGESTION- THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN FOOD
BY MASHING OR CRUSHING
2. CHEMICAL DIGESTION-USING ENZYMES TO BREAK FOOD DOWN
3. PANCREAS-ORGAN BETWEEN STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE THAT
MAKES FLUID FOR SMALL INTESTINE (SODIUM BICARBONATE, ENZYMES,
HORMONES)
4. LIVER-REDISH/BROWN ORGAN FOUND ON RIGHT SIDE UNDER RIBS
(MAKES BILE, STORES NUTRIENTS, BREAKS DOWN TOXINS)
5. GALLBLADDER—SACLIKE ORGAN STORING BILE (TO HELP
BREAKDOWN FAT)
PROCESS OF DIGESTION
1. MECHANICAL DIGESTION IN MOUTH (SALIVA)
2. TONGUE PUSHES FOOD TO PHARYNX
3. MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS (PERISTALSIS) SQUEEZES FOOD IN ESOPHAGUS
TO STOMACH
4. IN STOMACH, ENZYMES ARE USED TO KILL BACTERIA AND BREAK FOOD
DOWN INTO NUTRIENTS (BOTH MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL DIGESTION)
MAKING CHYME
5. CHYME ENTERS THE SMALL INTESTINE (WHERE NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED)
6. PANCREAS, LIVER, GALLBLADDER ADD ENZYMES TO FINISH DIGESTION
7. LARGE INTESTINE ABSORBS WATER AND GETS RID OF WASTE
QUESTIONS IN-CLASS
1. HOW DOES THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORK WITH THE CIRCULATORY
(CARDIOVASCULAR) SYSTEM?
2. WHAT ORGANS IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ARE NOT PART OF THE
DIGESTIVE TRACT?
3. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF SALIVA?
4. NAME THREE PLACES IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT WHERE CHEMICAL
DIGESTION TAKES PLACE.
5. HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE OF THE SMALL INTESTINE HELP IT ABSORB
NUTRIENTS?
NOTECARDS
1. USE ONE NOTECARD TO WRITE A VOCABULARY WORD ON THE
FRONT AND ONE ON THE BACK
2. TAPE IT TO THE PERSON’S BACK THAT YOU ARE SITTING NEXT TO
3. GO AROUND THE ROOM AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
WORD (SUCH AS: IS IT PART OF THE _______SYSTEM?)
4. THE PERSON YOU ARE ASKING CAN ONLY ANSWER YES OR NO
5. TRY TO GUESS WHICH WORD YOU HAVE
WHAT YOU NEED FOR ADVENTURE
PAGE 1:TITLE PAGE (YOUR NAME, MY NAME (THE CLASS), TITLE AND PICTURE
OF YOUR FOOD)
PAGE 2: TYPED STORY CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS: TEETH,
MOUTH, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS, SMALL INTESTINE, LARGE
INTESTINE, STOMACH, PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, RECTUM, ANUS,
HYDROCHLORIC ACID, ENZYMES, CHEMICAL DIGESTION, MECHANICAL
DIGESTION
PAGE 3: A PICTURE AT THE END SHOWING YOUR FOOD (WITH ARROWS)
GOING DOWN THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
EXEMPLAR