Digestion Review

Which of the following is one of the 6 nutrient groups 

• Chemicals 
• Compounds 
• Enzymes
• Water 

Which statement best describes the process of digestion?

• Breakdown of food into simpler substances for the body to use
• Collection of waste products that result from digestion
• Passage of food from the digestive tract into the circulatory system 
• Transports nutrients and oxygen to individual body cells

Which of the following best describes the pathway of food in the digestion process?

• Esophagus, stomach, small intestine
• Large intestine, stomach, esophagus
• Mouth, stomach, esophagus
• Stomach, small intestine, esophagus

Which of the following is the unit used to measure the energy value of food?

• Metabolism
• Kilocalorie
• Enzyme
• Peristalsis

Which of the following is a complex protein produced by cells to speed up a specific chemical reaction?

• Indigestion
• Metabolism
• Enzyme
• Bile 

What is a series of squeezing actions by the muscles in the gastrointestinal tract that helps food move through the tract? 

• Peristalsis
• Absorption 
• Chyme 
• Heartburn 

What is a mixture of gastric juices and food formed in the stomach during digestion? 

• Bile 
• Gallstones 
• Diarrhea
• Chyme

The digestive juice that is produced by the liver to aid in fat digestion is called? 

• Feces
• Bile
• Ulcer
• Gallstones

Solid waste that is the result of digestion is called?

• Enzymes 
• Diarrhea 
• Feces 
• Mastication

The passage of nutrients from the digestive tract into the circulatory system is called?

• Diverticulosis 
• Absorption 
• Indigestion 
• Peristalsis