ORGAN SYSTEM PART 1

Multiple Choice

What are the steps involved in observing the effects of chewing a cracker?

• Put a regular cracker into the mouth and chew

• Place a new cracker in the mouth and let it sit for 2 minutes

• Discuss initial feelings and changes after 2 minutes

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What are the essential functions of the mouth in the digestive system?

• Ingestion

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the primary function of the esophagus?

• To secrete digestive enzymes

• To facilitate the passage of food

• To absorb nutrients

• To store food

Open Ended

What is the purpose of mechanical digestion?

Multiple Choice

Choose The Function Of The Pancreatic Juice From The Following

• Trypsin digests proteins and lipase carbohydrates

• Trypsin digests emulsified fats and lipase proteins

• Trypsin and lipase digest fats

• Trypsin digests proteins and lipase emulsified fats

Multiple Choice

Bile is produced by ____, stored in ____, released by _____

• liver; duodenum; bile duct

• liver; gall bladder; bile duct

• gall bladder; liver; bile duct

• gall bladder; duodenum; bile duct

Multiple Choice

Bile helps to "emulsify" fats. This means that bile

• digests fats into fatty acids and glycerol
• breaks large pieces of fat into smaller pieces, but does NOT digest it
• causes fat to gather into one large ball of fat
• changes the active site of lipase

Multiple Choice

What are the main functions of the small intestine?

• Breaking down food

• Absorbing nutrients

• Moving intestinal contents

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is other term for trachea

• Pharynx

• Throat

• Windpipe

• Larynx

Multiple Choice

The narrow tube that branched from the trachea connected to each of the two lungs

• Bronchi

• Epiglottis

• Veins

• Cilia

Multiple Choice

The tube that leads from the nose and mouth to the trachea

• Esophagus

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Larynx

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is other term for trachea

• Pharynx

• Throat

• Windpipe

• Larynx

Multiple Choice

The narrow tube that branched from the trachea connected to each of the two lungs

• Bronchi

• Epiglottis

• Veins

• Cilia

Multiple Choice

The tube that leads from the nose and mouth to the trachea

• Esophagus

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Larynx

Multiple Choice

What are tiny air sacs at the end of each bronchiole, where exchange of gases takes place?

• Alveoli

• Capillaries

• Bronchus

• Cilia

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the pair of spongy air filled organs which occupy a region in the chest?

• Rib cage

• Heart

• Lungs

• Kidney

Multiple Choice

The organ which is domed shape located below the lungs and primary muscle used in respiration

• Diaphragm

• Lungs

• Bronchi

• Heart

Multiple Choice

What is the narrow blood vessels that covers the alveoli?

• cilia

• capilliaries

• epiglottis

• voice box

Multiple Choice

Which organ makes sound when you talk?

• Larynx

• Pharynx

• Tongue

• epiglottis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would protect lungs?

• cilia and mucus membrane

• pleural membrane and ribcage

• diaphragm and linings

• it is safe from where it is located

Multiple Choice

The main function of the circulatory system is 

• To give the body structure and support
• Excrete waste
• transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body
• to transport messages from the body to the brain

Multiple Choice

Digestion starts when you place the food in your mouth and start chewing. Once the food is chewed into a paste and you swallow it will enter the_____________.

• Small intestines

• Lungs

• Esophagus

• Trachea

Multiple Choice

Digestion starts when you place the food in your mouth and start chewing. Once the food is chewed into a paste and you swallow it will enter the_____________.

• Small intestines

• Lungs

• Esophagus

• Trachea

Multiple Choice

The acid in our stomach is powerful enough to break down metals like aluminum, how does our stomach protect itself from the acid within it?

• our stomachs are coated with a layer of mucus that protects its from the acid

• our stomachs are made of a special tissue that is resistant to acid

• our stomachs regenerate faster than the acids ability to break down tissue

• because it the stomach is basic

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

What is the J shaped muscular sac-like organ that food enters from the esophagus?

• Tongue

• Pancreas

• Stomach

• Gallbladder

Multiple Choice

When food is chewed, mixed, and churned __________ digestion is taking place.

• Chemical

• Mental

• Emotional

• Mechanical

Multiple Choice

What is the muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?

• Uvula

• Esophagus

• Palate

• Salivary glands

Multiple Choice

When food is broken down by enzymes or acid, __________ digestion is taking place.

• Chemical

• Mental

• Emotional

• Mechanical

Multiple Choice

The __________ is where digestion begins.

• Stomach

• Small Inestine

• Mouth

• Liver

Multiple Choice

The liver produces:

• bile

• ptyalin

• hydrochloric acid

Multiple Choice

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• pepsin
• pepsi
• saliva
• salty

Multiple Choice

What is this organ?

• esophagus
• liver
• stomach
• pancreas

Multiple Choice

All of the following are accessory organs EXCEPT _____________.

• Liver

• Gallbladder

• Pancreas

• Esophagus

Multiple Choice

What is this organ?

• stomach
• pancreas
• large intestine
• small intestine

Multiple Choice

The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Multiple Choice

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

Multiple Choice

Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?

• stomach

• liver

• small intestine

• large intestine

Multiple Select

What are the functions of the digestive system? Select ALL that apply:

• Break down food into molecules the body can use
• Produce hormones that control body temperature and heart rate
• Absorb molecules into the blood to be transported around the body
• Eliminate wastes from the body

Multiple Choice

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when acid frequently back flows from the digestive organ that produces it into the esophagus causing a feeling of pain or “heartburn”. The symptoms of GERD are due to a disruption of homeostasis in which of the following digestive organs?

• pharynx
• pancreas
• small intestine
• stomach

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

The diagram below shows a system in the human body. Four parts of the system are numbered. Which of the following correctly identifies the four numbered parts?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

True or False: The circulatory system does not help the body regulate temperature

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The main function of the red blood cells is to 

• allow gases to exchange
• fight infection
• give blood its color
• help clot blood

Multiple Choice

White blood cells

• allow for gases to exchange
• give blood its color
• fight infection and disease
• help clot blood

Multiple Choice

Platelets 

• allow for gases to exchange
• give blood its color
• fight infection and disease
• help clot blood

Multiple Choice

The human heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body supplying oxygen, nutrients, blood, and hormones to and from the tissues removing _________ ___________ and other wastes.

• hydrogen dioxide
• carbon moxoide
• water molecules
• carbon dioxide

Multiple Choice

The plasma that contains blood cells is mainly made up of 

• cytoplasm
• nutrients
• waste
• water

Multiple Choice

The heart is made up of _________ chambers

• one 
• two 
• three
• four

Multiple Choice

Oxygen deprived blood enters the heart through the 

• right ventricle 
• left ventricle
• right atrium
• left atrium

Multiple Choice

Oxygen rich blood leaves the heart through the

• right atrium
• left atrium 
• right ventricle
• right atrium

Multiple Choice

On and off switches to let blood in and out of the heart are known as

• ventricles
• valves
• buttons
• pulses

Multiple Choice

Arteries carry nutrient and oxygen rich blood _____________ from the heart.

• back to
• away
• parallel

Multiple Choice

Veins carry blood _________  the heart.

• back to 
• away
• parallel

Multiple Choice

Blood vessels are 

• veins
• capillaries
• arteries
• all of them

Multiple Choice

Capillaries join together

• veins and arteries
• veins and the heart
• arteries and veins
• heart and valves

Multiple Choice

A capillary is an extremely small blood vessel located within the __________ of the body, that transports blood from arteries to veins.

• organelles
• tissues
• cells

Multiple Choice

True or false:  The circulatory system includes all of your bones.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The heart is the size of

• your thumb
• your fist
• your ribcage
• your kitchen table

Multiple Choice

True or false:  Your circulatory system is like a clean up crew.  It breaks down waste.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: The lymph nodes produce white blood cells

• True
• False

Poll

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