Digestive System Question Preview (ID: 40211)


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Respiration is the action of what?
a) Breathing
b) Eating
c) Dying
d) Farting :)

All of the following are organs of the digestive system except for
a) stomach
b) mouth
c) small intestine
d) lung

The purpose of the stomach is to store food
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

This organ churns and mixes food with digestive juices
a) stomach
b) small intestine
c) large intestine
d) spleen

This organ absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream
a) small intestine
b) stomach
c) large intestine
d) esophagus

This organ expels undigested food as solid waste
a) stomach
b) rectum and anus
c) small intestine
d) large intestine

This organ compacts undigested food and absorbs water and vitamins
a) large intestine
b) small intestine
c) stomach
d) mouth

This organ breaks down food through chewing and saliva
a) small intestine
b) mouth
c) large intestine
d) stomach

This organ squeezes food into stomach with strong muscles
a) rectum and anus
b) large intestine
c) esophagus
d) mouth

Chewing is an example of
a) mechanical digestion
b) chemical digestion
c)
d)

Mechanical digestion happens in every organ except for the
a) stomach
b) anus
c) intestines
d)

What substance helps moisten and break down food?
a) saliva
b) fecal matter
c) stomach acid
d) water

______________ are lined inside the small intestine and aid in digestion
a) villi
b) cilia
c) flagella
d) red blood cells

The first job of the digestive system is to
a) absorb nutrients
b) break down food
c) eliminate waste
d)

The second job of the digestive system is to
a) break down food
b) eliminate waste
c) absorb nutrients
d)

The third job of the digestive system is to
a) eliminate waste
b) absorb nutrients
c) break down food
d)

The liver produces a substance called
a) bile
b) poop
c) gastric acid
d)

Bile from liver is stored where
a) gallbladder
b) stomach
c) small intestine
d) large intestine

Digestion starts with what organ
a) small intestine
b) large intestine
c) mouth
d) stomach

digestive enzymes aid in the break down of certain ___________
a) Carbohydrates
b) phlegm
c) bacteria
d)

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