The Digestive System

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

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

Bile is need to digest fates and is made by which digestive organ?

• Gallbladder

• Stomach

• Liver

This digestive organ makes an important hormone called insulin which is needed to regulate glucose or sugar in the blood.

• Liver

• Gallbladder

• Pancreas

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

As waste moves through the digestive system, the ______ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Large intestine

Extra bile, which is needed to digest fats, is stored in which secondary digestive organ?

• Stomach

• Liver

• Gallbladder

What is the substance found in the stomach that allows for chemical digestion to take place?

• Acids and Enzymes

• Saliva Amylase

• Bile

Which is NOT a function of the Digestive System?

• To rid the body of solid waste

• Absorb nutrients for energy & growth

• Break down nutrients from food

• Pump blood around the body

This organ makes insulin and also "pancreatic juices" that help the neutralize acidic foods and help the small intestines absorb nutrients.

• Large intestine

• Pancreas

• Liver

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2