DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

second largest organ (after the skin) and is an accessory digestive gland which plays a role in the body's metabolism

• Bile

• Liver

• Stomach

• Esophagus

How does food move through your digestive tract?

• By gravity

• By wavelike muscle contractions

• By cilia

• By chemical absorption

Where does most of the digestive process take place?

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Stomach

• All of the above

What does the liver do to help digestion?

• Makes important enzymes

• Neutralizes stomach acid

• Produces bile

• Regulates insulin

Which of these can harm the intestinal lining?

• Aspirin

• Antibiotics

• Caffeine

• Antibiotics and Aspirin

Which of these best maintains intestinal health?

• Starches

• Vitamins

• Fiber

• Fat

The beginning of the digestive system is the oral cavity, which is bounded from above by hard and soft

• palate

• tonsils

• tongue

• none of above

On each jaw of an adult

• 4 incisors

• 4 cuspid

• 8 incisors

• 8 premolars

produced by the main cells of the gastric mucosa, and cleaves food proteins to peptides

• tripsin

• amylaze

• lipaze

• pepsin

catalyzing the hydrolytic cleavage of triglycerides (neutral fats) into their constituent fatty acids and glycerol

• pepsin

• tripsin

• lipaze

• amelaze