Digestive System

Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?

• To swallow food
• To choke
• To make your breath smelly
• None of these

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WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE?

• Large intestine
• nothing
• liver
• pancreas

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis
• Peristalsis
• Stomach
• Esophagus

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

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

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What are the steps of the digetive process?

• Digestion in the small intestine, chewing, in the stomach, absorption and waste elimination.

• Chewing, digestion in the stomach, digestion in the small intestine, absorption and waste elimination.

• Chewing, digestion in the stomach, waste elimination, absoption and digestion in the small intestine.

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Food travels down the esophogus to the_______.

• Gull bladder

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Small intestine

Food moves from the mouth to the stomach through the long tube called the trachea.

• true

• false

Saliva contains _______ which accelerates the digestion of starch

• enzymes

• hormones

• glands

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