The Digestive System

Which are stages of digestion?

• Large insoluble food particles are broken down

• Small food particles are absorbed by your blood stream

• Energy is given to different parts of your body.

• Food waste is sent out of your body.

What is the first location/stage of digestion?

• Esophagus

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

• Chewing

What is added to your food throughout the digestive process to break down food?

• Blood

• Enzymes

• Oxygen

• Carbonation

The second phase of digestion happens in the esophagus and is known as ??????

• Chewing

• Swallowing

• Excretion

• Diversion

After the food goes down the esophagus, it travels to ?????? next?

• Mouth

• Small Intestine

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

What is an enzyme in the stomach that helps break down proteins for absorption into the blood stream?

• Pepsin

• Amylase

• Trypsin

• Pancreatic Lipase

Once the food makes it to the small intestine, juices from where help break it down even more?

• Liver

• Heart

• Lungs

• Pancreas

Once the food leaves the small intestine, it makes it's way to ??????

• Stomach

• Mouth

• Liver

• Large Intestine

The purpose of the large intestine is to ??????

• Absorb water

• Break down food particles

• Send waste material out of your body

• Supply oxygen to your blood

The large intestine produces antibodies to help boost your immunity.

• True

• False