June 22nd, 2020 Digestion of Food in the Stomach

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Level 1

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Subject: Digestion: What happens to the food you eat after it leaves the esophagus and enters the stomach?

HOMEWORK

Directions: In your groups, for the purpose of explanation to each other, use the information you have been given to answer questions about: What happens to food when it enters the stomach. Write your answers in complete sentences!

Food passes from the esophagus into the stomach. Food can stay in the stomach for up to six hours! The stomach is made of muscle it moves the food around to help it digest.

1. Where does the food go after it leaves the esophagus?

2. How long can food stay in your stomach?

3. What is the stomach made of?

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Level 2

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Subject: Digestion: What happens to the food you eat after it leaves the esophagus and enters the stomach?

HOMEWORK

Directions: In your groups, for the purpose of explanation to each other, use the information you have been given to answer questions about: What happens to food when it enters the stomach. Write your answers in complete sentences!

Food passes from the esophagus into the stomach. Food can stay in the stomach for up to six hours! Like the mouth mechanical and chemical digestion take place in the stomach. Muscles in the stomach move the food around. Enzymes and acids are released to break down the food chemically.

1. Where does the food go after it leaves the esophagus?

2. How long can food stay in your stomach?

3. How are your mouth and your stomach alike?

4. What do the enzymes and acids that are released in your stomach do?

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Level 3

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Subject: Digestion: What happens to the food you eat after it leaves the esophagus and enters the stomach?

HOMEWORK

Directions: In your groups, for the purpose of explanation to each other, use the information you have been given to answer questions about: What happens to food when it enters the stomach. Write your answers in complete sentences!

Food passes from the esophagus into the stomach. Food can stay in the stomach for up to six hours! Like the mouth mechanical and chemical digestion take place in the stomach. Muscles in the stomach move the food around. Enzymes and acids are released to break down the food chemically. The body produces a coating of mucus to protect the stomach lining form these acids.

1. Where does the food go after it leaves the esophagus?

2. How long can food stay in your stomach?

3. How are your mouth and your stomach alike?

4. What do the enzymes and acids that are released in your stomach do?

5. What does the body do to protect the stomach lining from the acids it uses to digest food?

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June 18th, 2020 The Role of the Esophagus in Digestion

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Subject: Digestion: The role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.

HOMEWORK#2

Directions: Write a brief descriptive summary of the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach. Use complete sentences!

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. It squeezes together and pushes the food down toward the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.

1. Explain what the esophagus is?

2. What does the esophagus do when you swallow food?

3. What connects the mouth to the stomach?

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Level 2

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Subject: Digestion: The role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.

HOMEWORK#2

Directions: Write a brief descriptive summary of the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach. Use complete sentences!

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. Muscles in the esophagus squeeze together, involuntarily, to push the food down towards the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.

1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?

2. How does the esophagus do its job and what job does it do?

3. When the esophagus does its job of pushing the food towards the stomach what type of muscle action is involved?

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Level 3

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Subject: Digestion: The role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach.

HOMEWORK#2

Directions: Write a brief descriptive summary of the role that the esophagus plays in connecting the mouth to the stomach. Use complete sentences!

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. It squeezes together, involuntarily, to push the food down towards the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach. There is a flap of tissue called the epiglottis between these two openings. The epiglottis closes when you swallow. This keeps food from going down the windpipe and prevents you from choking.

1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?

2. When the esophagus is doing its job of moving the food towards the stomach what type of muscle 

                  action is involved?

3. What does the epiglottis do when we swallow?

4. What important job does the epiglottis do?