Digestive System

Which type of tissue lines your digestive track and allows you to digest and absorb the nutrients from food?

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

• nervous

Wat structure(s) enable(s) the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

• villi

• pancreas

• liver

• gallbladder

Which process takes place in the large intestine?

• Water is added to indigested food

• Water is absorbed from undigested food

• Digested nutrients are absorbed through the villi

• Enzymes are added to complete chemical digestion

The energy you body needs comes from _______.

• water

• bones

• food

• the brain

In what part of the body does most chemical digestion take place?

• large intestine

• liver

• pancreas

• small intestine

The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called ______.

• enzyme

• peristalsis

• digestion

• absorption

What organ produces bile?

• stomach

• small intestine

• pancreas

• liver

What digestive organ releases enzymes that help break down starches, proteins. and fats in the small intestine?

• stomach

• large intestine

• liver

• pancreas

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Digestion begins in the ____________.

Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as ___________.

The ___________ stores bile and releases it through a tube into the small intestine.

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• Mouth

• Peristalsis

• Gall Bladder

• Large Intestine

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The energy in food is measured in units called _________.

___________ tissue protects internal organs and insulates the body.

The flavor of food is influenced by the senses of smell and ___________.

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• Fatty

• Calories

• Taste

• Teeth