The Digestive System

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What are the 4 steps of digestion? (in order)

• ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

• digestion, absorption, elimination, ingestion

• ingestion, congestion, pregestion, elimination

• pre-gestion, congestion, digestion, elimination

• hard question, Sugestion, analyzation, pretention

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Letter D...

• active site
• enzyme
• substrate
• products

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Which of these nutrients are digested in the mouth using enzymes?

• Carbohydrates and proteins

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

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the removal of undigested food and other wastes from the body

• absorption

• elimination

• digestion

• ingestion

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The act of eating or putting food in the mouth

• digestion

• ingestion

• absorption

• elimination

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________ enzymes that help break down proteins.

• Amylase

• Lipase

• Pepsin

• Papain

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The teeth and tongue of the oral cavity break foodstuff down physically. This is an example of

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

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The mouth carries out

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• mechanical and chemical digestion

• No digestion

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The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use....

• ingestion

• elimination

• digestion

• absorption

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A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• gastric juice

• blood

• acid

• saliva

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which of the following are accessory organs?

• liver, pancreas, esophagus

• salivary glands, mouth

• pancreas, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder

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Which organ produces bile that breaks down food?

• pancreas

• liver

• gall bladder

• stomach

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Which organ stores bile?

• gall bladder

• villi

• pancreas

• liver

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___________ are enzymes that help break down fats.

• Lipase

• Amylase

• Papain

• Pepsin

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What are the contents in your stomach called after mechanical and chemical digestion?

• Bolus

• Chyme

• Food

• Feces

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What is gastric juice?

• Secretions released by your stomach

• Secretions released by your salivary glands

• Secretions released by your small intestine

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Wavelike motion that propels food forward

• Peristalsis

• Contraction

• Mechanical digestion

• Churning

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Site of macronutrient absorption is

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Pancreas

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Numerous fingerlike projections in the folds of the wall of the ileum is classified as

• Bolus

• Chyme

• Bile

• Villi

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The majority of the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream occurs in the _______.

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Liver

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What is the last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body?

• Large Intestine

• Small Intestine

• Appendix

• Pharynx

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What is this organ?

• stomach
• pancreas
• large intestine
• small intestine

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What is the correct order of processes by which nutrients, energy, and waste from food are handled by organisms?

• digestion-->absorption-->elimination
• elimination-->digestion-->absorption
• absorption-->digestion-->elimination
• digestion-->elimination-->absorption

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Most water is absorbed in the __________.

• liver

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach