Digestive System Quiz

Where does the process of digestion begin?

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

True or False: No Digestion occurs in the large intestine.

• True

• False

Starch gets broken down into...

• amino acids

• fat

• glucose

The finger like projections that line the small intestine are called:

• capilaries

• villi

• blood

• bile

The main function of the human digestive system is to

• rid the body of cellular waste materials

• process organic food molecules so they can enter cells

• bring in oxygen to make ATP

• change amino acids into proteins and carbohydrates

Identify organ 2.

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

Identify the function of organ 4.

• digests proteins

• digests fats

• absorbs glucose into blood stream

• absorbs water

Which molecule can diffuse from the digestive tract into the human bloodstream without being digested first?

• protein

• starch

• fat

• glucose

Identify the organ that has a low pH.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Identify the molecule known as X.

• antibody

• receptor

• enzyme

• hormone