Digestive System

Multiple Choice

Organs, such as the stomach and the small and large intestines, are lined with smooth muscle tissue. These organs, due to the muscular contractions of their walls (peristalsis), involuntarily:

• grind food into smaller pieces

• move food through the digestive tract

• add liquids to food to make it a slurry

• supply digestive enzymes that aid in digestion.

Multiple Choice

We think of our muscular system as the system that helps us move around. It also functions on an internal level by helping food movement in the ___________ and ____________, both parts of the digestive system.

• stomach; liver

• stomach; pancreas

• stomach; gallbladder

• stomach; small intestines

Multiple Choice

In the _________________, water is absorbed from digested food and any undigested food is prepared for elimination from your body.

• stomach

• pancreas

• small intestine

• large intestine

3 main organs that are part of Digestive System, but food does not pass through. Instead these aid in chemical digestion.

Liver

Gallbladder

Pancreas

Multiple Choice

The ____________ and the gallbladder work together to produce, store, and use bile to help digest ___________.

• liver; fats

• stomach; fats

• appendix; food.

• pancreas; sugars

Multiple Choice

What body systems provide the raw materials (oxygen and nutrients) cells need for energy?

• endocrine - nervous

• lymphatic - muscular

• skeletal - excretory

• respiratory - digestive

Multiple Choice

Where does digestion start?

• stomach

• mouth

• esophagus

Multiple Choice

The teeth chew food and the stomach churns food into smaller particles. What is the name of this process?

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• absorption

• enzyme activity

Multiple Choice

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis
• Peristalsis
• Stomach
• Esophagus

Multiple Choice

A muscular bag that mixes and crushes food is your

• Small Intestine

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

• Esophagus

Multiple Choice

Where is most water absorbed during digestion?

• Small Intestine

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

• Esophagus

Multiple Choice

Where are most nutrients absorbed during digestion?

• Small Intestine

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

• Esophagus

Multiple Choice

 What is the main job of the digestive system? 

• break down foods into nutrients that can be used by the body
• take in oxygen and exhale waste like carbon dioxide
• pump blood throughout the body
• makes the body hungry

Multiple Choice

What is the job of your excretory system?

• To bring oxygen into your body

• To pump blood around the body

• To break down food

• To remove waste from your body