Digestive System Quiz

What is the name of the muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach?

• Epiglottis

• Peristalsis

• Stomach

• Esophagus

What is the job/function of the digestive system?

• A system that takes out toxins (bad things) from your body

• A system that turns your food into nutrients and energy you need to survive

• A system that protects your body from invading pathogens

• A system that transports substances around the body

What does the large intestine do?

• Absorbs nutrients

• Makes a pathway for the food

• Absorbs water

• Breaks down food

What is the job of the villi in the small intestine?

• Digests food in the mouth

• Digests food in the stomach

• Protects the stomach from digesting itself

• Take nutrients from small intestine into the blood stream

Where does digestion of starch start?

• Mouth

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Small intestine

What organ makes bile?

• Gallbladder

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Appendix

What part of the digestive system helps with mechanical digestion?

• Esophagus and Small intestine

• Mouth and Stomach

• Liver and Gallbladder

• Large Intestine and Rectum

Why do we eat food?

• To make our stomach get smaller

• To put oxygen into the body cells

• To get nutrients and energy

• To make waste products

A fluid in the mouth containing enzymes that helps chemically digest food

• Pepsin

• Esophagus

• Saliva

• Salt

Which organ provides additional mixture of 7 enzymes to help nutrients get broken down and absorbed by the small intestine

• Liver

• Kidneys

• Gallbladder

• Pancreas