Digestive System

Where does absorption primarily take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large Intestine

• Gall bladder

Where is bile produced?

• Kidney

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Small intestine

The organs forming a continuous tube from the mouth to the anus are collectively called the

• respiratory tract.

• gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

• urinary tract.

Food is pushed into your stomach by

• muscle contractions called peristalsis.

• digestive juices.

• voluntary control.

• gravity.

A student has a hamburger, French fries, and soda for lunch. Which sequence represents the correct order of events in the nutritional processing of this food?

• ingestion, absorption, digestion, egestion

• digestion, egestion, ingestion, absorption

• ingestion, digestion, absorption, egestion

• digestion, absorption, ingestion, egestion

Which sequence shows the pathway that food takes in the digestive system?

• stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine

• esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine

• stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine

• esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Which best describes the role of the esophagus in digestion?

• It releases acid and mixes food.

• It aids in absorption of nutrients from food.

• It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.

• It carries food from the stomach to the intestines.

In order for the body to maintain homeostasis, the chemical decomposition of food to produce energy must be followed by

• water intake.

• muscle contractions.

• waste removal.

• nervous impulses.

What does the stomach do for the body?

• It chews food.

• It breaks down food.

• It swallows food.

• It tastes food.

Flap-like structure at the back of the throat that closes over the trachea preventing food from entering it.

• Stomach

• Esophagus

• Epiglottis

• Tongue