The Digestive System

What is the main function of the digestive system?

• A. Remove excess water from the body

• B. Hold and receive food

• C. Control the chemical activities of the body

• D. Break the food down to be used for energy

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Which of the following is an accessory organ of digestion?

• A. Stomach

• B. Pancreas

• C. Esophagus

• D. Colon

Which of the following is NOT a digestive process?

• A. Ingestion

• B. Compaction

• C. Assimilation

• D. Absorption

What breaks food into smaller pieces to begin mechanical digestion?

• A. Teeth

• B. Stomach

• C. Esophagus

• D. Amylase

What completes the digestive system?

• A. The small intestine

• B. The pacreas

• C. The liver

• D. The large intestine

_____________is the complex process of turning the food you eat into nutrients, which the body uses for energy, growth and cell repair needed to survive.

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____________is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.

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Absorption is the process wherein the digested food passes through the _____________ in the wall of the intestine.

We call the solid wastes of the human body as ____________.

_____________________completes the digestive system.