Digestive System

Where does the process of digestion begin?

• mouth

• esophagus

• stomach

• small intestine

Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?

• stomach

• liver

• small intestine

• large intestine

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

• mouth

• stomach

• both the mouth and stomach

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

• swallowing

• peristalsis

• inertia contractions

• paralysis

What is this organ?

• Liver

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Stomach

What is the term given to a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth?

• Peristalsis

• Mucus

• Epiglottis

• Bolus

Where is the gastric juice released?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Mouth

• Large intestine

Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?

• To swallow food
• To choke
• To make your breath smelly
• None of these

The rectum does what?

• Takes out the waste
• Just leave it in there

These are fingerlike projections in the small intestine that nutrients pass through. 

• villi
• absorbers
• cilia 
• vascular