Digestive System

The muscular organ in the body that mashes food into a paste- where chemical and mechanical digestion take place.

• pancreas
• liver
• stomach
• esophagus

Name this structure

• spleen
• gall bladder
• pancreas
• jejunum

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What best describes what occurs here

• nutrients are absorbed
• water and salts are reclaimed
• bacteria assist with vitamin absorbtion
  
• most mechanical digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The liver secretes bile and the gallbladder stores it for use. What macromolecule is broken down by these structures?

• carbs
• fats
• proteins
• nucleic acids

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Proteins break down to:

• fatty acids

• nucleic acids

• amino acids

• hydrochloric acids

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

What is this organ?

• Liver

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Stomach

What is the process of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food through the digestive tract?

• Pericardium

• Peristalsis

• Pepsin

• Pericoronitis

What are these structures call that are found on the lining of the small intestine?

• Gallbladder

• Villi

• Sphincter

• Duodenum