Worksheet to accompany digestive system for web quest

You will use the web sites I have included on the web quest plus any additional print materials you can find to answer the questions below.

1. What is the purpose of your system to the human body?
2. List the organs of your system.
3. Find a picture or diagram of your system on one of the web sites in this web quest and label the major organs.  Import this picture into your power point presentation.
4. Where is each organ of your system located in the body?
5. What is the purpose to the system of each organ in the system you are studying?
6. How does the structure of each major organ in the system dictate how it works?
7. Briefly describe the physiology of the system:  if you must do each major organ at a time, you should.
8. What is the difference between physical digestion and chemical digestion?
9. Where does the physical digestion take place?
10. Where does the chemical digestion take place?
11. What nutrients or macromolecules get digested in each of the following:
1. Mouth
2. Stomach
3. Small intestine
4. Large intestine
12. What is the primary function of the rectum?
13. What enzymes are responsible for the chemical digestion of proteins?
14. What enzymes are responsible for the chemical digestion of lipids?
15. What enzymes are responsible for the chemical digestion of carbohydrates?
16. How does this system contribute to the maintenance of homeostasis of the body?