Digestive System Review

What is the purpose of the digestive system?

• To exchange gasses in your body

• get rid of waste in the body

• to break down food into nutrients the body can use

• to break down food into oxygen

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

• chemical digestion
• mechanical digestion

Which type of digestion is this an example of?
Hydrochloric acid is added to the 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 name that is given to the partially digested food in the stomach. 

• Amylase
• Bile
• Hydrochloric Acid
• Chyme

Where does the process of digestion begin?

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

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Where in the body does water get absorbed?

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

Where in the body do nutrients get absorbed?

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

What does the stomach have that protects it from acid (digestive juices)?

• a strong wall

• a mucus lining

• an opening to small intestine

• a bullet-proof vest

Food stays in your _____ for hours where it mixes with acid.

• mouth

• small intestine

• gallbladder

• stomach