A&P: Digestive System Pre-Quiz

The three key nutrients in food that are organic compounds are

• carbohydrates, fat, and protein
• dairy, meat, and vegetables
• vitamins, minerals, and calories
• fish, beef and pork

Flap of skin that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

• Stomach
• Pepsin
• Pancreas
• Epiglottis

Series of involuntary contractions along the walls of the digestive tract

• Peristalsis
• Epiglottis
• Pepsin
• Stomach

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis
• Peristalsis
• Stomach
• Esophagus

Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile

• pancreas
• mechanical
• amylase
• gallbladder

Gland that produces insulin as well as other chemicals needed for digestion

• pancreas
• mechanical
• amylase
• gallbladder

Main type of digestion that occurs in the stomach

• mechanical
• chemical
• amylase
• gallbladder

Which stage of digestion removes water?

• large intestine
• small intestine
• mouth
• stomach

Where does chemical digestion begin?

• mouth
• esophagus
• stomach
• small intestine

Where nutrients go after the small intestine has absorbed them.

• bloodstream
• stomach
• esophagus
• kidneys