Digestive System Assessment

The digestive system is a group of organs working together to

• Turn food into nutrients for energy and growth

• Break down food into smaller pieces

• Add bile to the food in the stomach

• Provide oxygen to cells in the body

Which is not a part of the digestive system

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Trachea

• Esophagus

What is the function of the small intestine in the digestive system?

• It absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream

• Exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide

• It controls all aspects of body movement

• It gets rid of waste

What is the function of the large intestine?

• Add bile to the food to help break it down

• Remove nutrients from the food with chemical processes

• Remove water from the remaining undigested material

The muscular tube connecting the throat to the stomach

• Larynx

• Esophagus

• Trachea

• Intestine

This organ has strong muscular walls that grind and mix food into liquid using muscles and enzymes

• Mouth

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Small intestine

The levels of organization in a human body are

• Tissues make Cells; Cells make Organs; Organs make Organ Systems

• Organs make Cells; Cells make Tissues; Tissues make Organ Systems

• Cells make Tissues; Tissues make Organs; Organs make Organ Systems

• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The stomach helps to digest food with ________ processes

• Chemical

• Physical

• Chemical and Physical

• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When smooth muscles contract, moving food through the digestive system, its called _____

• Pharynx

• Peristalsis

• Villi

• Enzymes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When you’re hungry, your stomach muscles _______

• Expand

• Turn red

• Get bulky

• Contract