Digestive System Quiz

A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

• esophagus
• rectum
• trachea
• larynx

A muscular and elastic sac that serves mainly to store food, break it up mechanically, and begin chemical digestion of proteins and fat with enzymes.

• gallbladder
• stomach
• urinary bladder
• liver

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Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place through villi

• esophagus 
• rectume
• large intestine
• small intestine

The last section of the digestive system, where water and minerals are absorbed from food into bloodstream, and it forms and stores feces for elimination.

• esophagus

• villi

• large intestine

• small intestine

A short tube at the end of the large intestine where waste material is compressed into a solid form before being eliminated

• rectum
• anus
• esophagus
• pharynx

A muscular opening at the end of the rectum through which solid waste (feces) is eliminated from the body

• mouth
• anus
• nasal pasage
• villa

A large organ that lies below the diaphragm; it produces bile, and stores glucose for immediate use by the body.

• stomach
• pancreas
• gallblader
• liver

A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile until needed for digestion

• liver
• gallbladder
• urinary bladder
• stomach

An organ that produces digestive enzymes and secretes insulin into the bloodstream to help regulate blood glucose levels.

• pancreas
• liver
• alveoli
• gallbladder

Involuntary waves of muscle contraction that keep food moving along in one direction through the digestive system.

• villi
• alveoli
• peristalsis
• chyme