Digestive System

What is secreted in the stomach to kill bacteria?

• amylase
• Hydrochloric acid
• Sodium bicarbonate
• bile

Where does physical digestion occur in the digestive system?

• pancreas and liver
• mouth and small intestine
• stomach and small intestine
• mouth and stomach

____________ is when smooth muscles contract to gently move food through the alimentary canal.  It begins with swallowing.

• bolus
• peristalsis
• ulcer
• amylase

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

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

• Small intestine
• Stomach
• Esophagus
• Large intestine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile

• pancreas
• mechanical
• amylase
• gallbladder

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis
• Peristalsis
• Stomach
• Esophagus

The villi is where the digestive system connects with the __________________ system.

• circulatory
• respiratory
• muscular
• skeletal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

In which order do these events occur in human nutrition?

• digestion-ingestion-absorption-assimilation

• digestion-ingestion-assimilation-absorption

• ingestion-digestion-absorption-egestion

• ingestion-digestion-assimilation-egestion

Which of the following is NOT part of the alimentary canal?

• small intestine

• esophagus

• stomach

• pancreas