Digestive System

What is not a function of the digestive system?

• Create new foods
• Absorb water
• Process waste

What is an example of chemical breakdown?

• Chewing
• Saliva
• Peristalsis

Which of these is a disorder of the Digestive system?

• Allergies
• Flu
• Ulcer

What begins the process of mechanical breakdown?

• the mouth
• the esophagus
• the pancreas

What begins the process of chemical breakdown?

• Liver
• Salivary glands
• Colon

What starts the process of chemical breakdown?

• Saliva
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen

What pushes food from the mouth to the stomach?

• Stomach
• Gall bladder
• Esophagus

What churns food and breaks it down further using strong acids?

• Stomach
• Salivary glands
• Liver

Where does most digestion occur?

• Stomach
• Salivary gland
• Small intestine

What produces chemicals that break down fats, starches and proteins?

• Pulmonary artery
• Pancreas
• Pituitary gland