Digestive and Excretory System

The digestive system is a group or 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

• Push food through the system

Which is not a part of the digestive system?

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Trachea

• Esophogus

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

• Absorption of minerals and nutrients

• Exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide

• . Deliver nutrients to the cells

• . Control all aspects of body movement

The stomach helps to digest food with _____________ processes.

• Chemical

• Physical

• Chemical and physical

• Neither

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

• Absorb remaining material into the body

• Remove water from the remaining undigested material

This part of the digestive system receives stool from the colon

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Rectum

• Liver

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

• Mouth

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Small intestine

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This organ allows the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream.

• Stomach

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Liver

This part of the digestive system secretes saliva, which helps to chemically break down food.

• Teeth

• Tongue

• Mouth

• Esophagus

Which is the correct order of the pathway of digestion?

• Rectum, Large intestine, Small intestine, Stomach, Mouth, Esophagus

• Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small intestine, Large intestine, Rectum

• Small intestine, Large intestine, Mouth, Rectum, Esophagus, Stomach