Digestive System TEST 2022

What carries food from the pharynx to the stomach?

• larynx

• trachea

• esophagus

• bronchioles

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

Where does the process of digestion begin?

• mouth

• esophagus

• stomach

• small intestine

What enzyme is found in saliva that starts digesting carbohydrates?

• amylase

• chyme

• pepsin

• bile

Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?

• stomach

• liver

• small intestine

• large intestine

What makes the small intestine have such a large surface area?

• 21 feet long

• villi

• microvilli

• amylase

• glial cells

What part of the digestive system mechanically and chemically breaks down food?

• mouth

• stomach

• both the mouth and stomach

What chemically breaks down food from macromolecules into monomers?

• teeth

• muscles of the stomach

• enzymes

• proteins

• glial cells

What are the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus called to help food move along?

• swallowing

• peristalsis

• inertia contractions

• paralysis

What does the pancreas do? (select all that apply)

• produces digestive enzymes to break down proteins and fats

• produces sodium bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid

• regulates our blood sugar levels

• make bile

• store glycogen

Answer explanation

Bile is made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

Glycogen is stored in the liver when there is too much sugar from a meal.