Digestive System Review

Which type of digestion is this an example of?
Amylase in saliva breaks down the food

• chemical digestion
• mechanical digestion

Which type of digestion is this an example of?
You chew your food

• chemical digestion
• mechanical digestion

Follow the path of your food. Which is the correct order?

• mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, rectum
• mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
• mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, intestines, rectum
• mouth, stomach, esophagus,  small intestine, large intestine, rectum

The chemical made in the liver that helps break down fat 

• Amylase
• Bile
• Hydrochloric Acid
• Chyme

The name that is given to the partially digested food in the stomach. 

• Amylase
• Bile
• Hydrochloric Acid
• Chyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The type of digestion in which larger molecules that make up food are broken into smaller molecules that can pass into our cells.

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

The body's hardest substance that makes up the outer layer of teeth is 

• bile
• bolus
• saliva
• enamel

When chewed food, or bolus, leaves your mouth, it is pushed down the esophagus by the muscles. What is this wave-like motion of the muscles squeezing the food through the digestive tract called?

• chyme
• bolus
• peristalsis
• digestion

Many nutrients can be absorbed by the small intestine because there are finger-like projections lining the wall of the small intestine to increase surface area, called

• enzymes
• gastric juices
• chyme
• villi

Which of the following organs does not have food pass through it as part of the digestive tract?

• liver
• small intestine
• esophagus
• rectum