Digestive System Quiz

What is the first step in the food digestion?

• The small intestine pulls nutrients from the food

• Mouth physically digests food by breaking it apart and the saliva begins the process of chemical digestion

• the stomach both physically and chemically digests food using motion and bile (stomach acid)

• the esophagus transports food from the mouth to the stomach.

which organ secretes bile?

• esophagus

• Gall Bladder

• Liver

• stomach

What is the purpose of the large intestines?

• To reabsorb water from waste

• to transport the food to the stomach

• To absorb important nutrients from waste

• To further digest the food

The gall bladder secretes bile, true or false

• True

• False

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What does the pancreas do?

• Creates and secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestines

• transports food to the stomach

• absorbs nutrients from the waste

• chemically and physically digests food and stores food

The stomach...

• absorbs water from the waste

• stores food

• physically breaks down food as it enters the body

• secretes digestive enzymes

The gall bladder...

• stores food

• stores bile

• creates bile

• creates food

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The liver and the gall bladder are related how?

• the liver stores food and the gall bladder digests it

• the liver uses the food to create energy and the gall bladder transports the energy to the rest of the body

• The liver creates bile and the gall bladder stores it

• the liver secretes enzymes into the small intestine and the gall bladder absorbs the nutrients from the food in the small intestine

Which organ of the digestive system physically breaks down food by the squeezing and churning of muscular contractions?

• mouth

• stomach

• esophagus

• small intestine

In which organ does most of the chemical digestion of food occur?

• small intestine

• large intestine

• stomach

• mouth

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