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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

What is one secondary (helper) organ of the digestive system?

• Small Intestine
• Esophagus
• Gallbladder
• Stomach

Bile is made by which digestive organ?

• Gallbladder
• Stomach
• Rectum
• Liver

Which digestive organ makes digestive juices to help the small intestine absorb nutrients?

• Liver
• Gallbladder
• Pancreas
• Esophagus

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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Type of digestion in the stomach:

• Mechanical
• Chemical
• Both

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

• Stomach
• Pepsin
• Pancreas
• Epiglottis

What does saliva do?

• Chemically digests food in the mouth.
• Chemically digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

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What does mucus do?

• Digests food in the mouth.
• Digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

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What do the villi do?

• Digests food in the mouth.
• Digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

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