Digestive System

The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Bile is made by which digestive organ?

• Gallbladder
• Stomach
• Rectum
• Liver

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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

• Small intestine
• Stomach
• Esophagus
• Large intestine

If the liver is not functioning properly, what would most likely be the result?

• food would not be able to move into the small intestsine
• fats would not be digested
• water would not be absored
• it would not affect digestion

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After dinner, you have a bad case of diarrhea. Which organ is most likely not functioning properly?

• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine
• liver

These three organs are called secondary, or auxiliary, digestive organs because________.

• They are the second place food goes when being digestive
• They are unnecessary for digestion, we don't need them
• They are only used for mechanical digestion
• They aide in the digestion process, but are not part of the digestive tract

How does food move through your digestive system?

• by gravity pulling it down
• when we eat more food, it forces the rest down
• muscle movements called peristalsis
• electromagnetic force

Where does most chemical digestion take place?

• stomach
• small intestine
• mouth
• large intestine

How do digested nutrients get to the body cells?

• Nutrients are absorbed through the mouth directly into the body cells
• Nutrients are absorbed through the villi in the small intestine into the blood stream
• Nutrients are absorbed by the large intestine and changed into vitamins
• Nutrients are absorbed directly through the stomach into the body cells

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