The Digestive System

What are the functions of the digestive system?

• digestion, absorption, elimination

• ingestion, congestion, elimination

• congestion, digestion, elimination

Where does most absorption of nutrients take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall bladder

Where is bile produced?

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Small intestine

Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?

• stomach

• esophagus

• mouth

• epiglottis

What is the function of the teeth and tongue

• chemical digestion

• break down food

• mechanical digestion

• they only chew food

Enzymes in your saliva help break down food, this is an example of ...

• Mechanical digestion

• Chemical digestion

This organ absorbs water from digested food

• small intestine

• stomach

• villi

• large intestine

What stores bile?

• Colon
• Gall Bladder
• Small Intestine

The muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach?

• esophagus

• small intestine

• stomach

• mouth

If the liver is not functioning properly, what would most likely be the result?

• food would not be able to move into the small intestsine
• fats would not be digested
• water would not be absored
• it would not affect digestion