Health

Health Study Guide (Quiz – 1/22/03)

• Protein molecules that are designed to make chemical reactions in your body occur rapidly --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------enzymes
• The pathway food travels through your body --------------------------------------alimentary canal
• The tube leading from your mouth to your stomach ------------------------------esophagus
• The involuntary muscle contractions involved in swallowing -------------------peristalsis
• The structure that keeps food from entering the wind pipe----------------------epiglottis
• Your “wind pipe” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------trachea
• Your food-storage organ -----------------------------------------------------------------stomach
• The major purpose of your stomach is to _____ ____ ---------------------------store food
• Where most of the food ...