The Digestive System

True or False: There are three parts to the Large Intestine

True or False: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the Liver

True or False: The rectum serves as a collecting area for feces

True or False: Hepatitis A is transmitted by blood and sexual contact

True or False: Colitis is an inflammation of the stomach

What are the 4 phases of the digestive process?

• ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

• ingestion, mastication, absorption, elimination

• inhalation, exhalation, respiration, elimination

What is appendicitis?

• chronic disease of the stomach

• artificial opening

• inflammation of the vermiform appendix

Absorption mainly takes place where?

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• colon

What is the term for the chemical breakdown of food in the mouth?

• digestion

• mastication

• bolus

• chyme

When food has been mechanically and chemically broken down in the stomach, it is called?

• absorption

• bolus

• chyme