Digestive & Urinary Systems Vocabulary

A chemical that the body uses to break down large molecules into smaller molecules.

The process of removing wastes and excess products from the body that must pass through a membrane in order to leave the body.

A small, green baglike organ that stores bile made in the liver.

A pair of bean-shaped organs that constantly clean the blood of urea.

Stores, compacts, and then eliminates indigestible material from the body.

Large reddish brown organ that helps with digestion of fats by producing bile.

An organ that makes pancreatic juice that neutralizes the stomach acids in chyme as it enters the small intestines.

Rhythmic smooth muscle action that forces food through the digestive tract - like moving food down the esophagus and into the stomach.

A liquid in the mouth produced by the salivary glands that contains the enzyme amylase that begins the chemical digestion of carbohydrates into simple sugars and lipase that begins the chemical digestion of fats.

A muscular tube that is the site of most chemical digestion and most nutrient absorption into the bloodstream.

A muscular, baglike organ attached to the lower end of the esophagus that produces hydrochloric acids to kill bacteria and enzymes that start the digestion of proteins.

A slender tube that connects the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

The tube in which urine leaves the body.

A saclike structure that holds urine until elimination.

The nitrogenous waste product removed from the blood by the nephrons in the kidney - the main component of urine other than water.