Gastrointestinal System

Muscular organ that churns and mashes food into chyme

• stomach

• saliva

• esoohagus

• tongue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Rhythmic muscular contractions that move food along the GI tract?

• peristalis

• nutrients

• heterotrophs

• alimentary canal

Which part of the small intestine joins the large intestine?

• duodenum

• ileum

• jejunum

Numerous fingerlike projections in the folds of the wall of the ileum is classified as

• bolus

• chyme

• villi

• bile

What separates the esophagus from the stomach?

• pyloric sphincter

• cardiac sphincter

• rugae

• villi

Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• mouth

• esophagus

• rectum

• large intestine

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive system?

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• gallbladder

Number 5 is pointing to the...

• stomach

• pancreas

• gallbladder

• liver

Number 1 is pointing to the...

• esophagus

• pancreas

• gallbladder

• liver

Number 3 is pointing to the...

• small intestine

• pancreas

• gallbladder

• large intestine