Digestive System Quiz Review

The only place where ingestion occurs.

• Liver

• Pharynx

• Gallbladder

• Mouth

The bolus arrives at this organ through the gastroesophageal sphincter and mechanical and chemical digestion continue here.

• Gallbladder

• Mouth

• Large intestine

• Stomach

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The hollow muscular tube that runs posterior to the heart.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

Where gut bacteria digest any remaining nutrients from the food we have eaten prior to defecation.

• Gallbladder

• Mouth

• Large intestine

• Stomach

Chyme first enters this structure through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

The muscle in the oral cavity that aids in the propulsion of food toward the pharynx.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

The holding zone for bile that isn't immediately needed

• Liver

• Pharynx

• Gallbladder

• Mouth

Directs food toward the stomach rather than the lungs.

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Pharynx

• Gallbladder

Arguably the most essential organ in the metabolism of carbohydrates.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

The largest gland in the body that sits just below the diaphragm.

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Pharynx