Digestive System EOPA

Where does digestion begin?

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Pancreas

• Small intestine

What is the small muscular structure that hangs from the soft palate and can be seen when you look in someone’s mouth?

• Tonsils

• Uvula

• Salivary Gland

• Epoglottis

A bolus is made of:

• Digested food and chyme

• Salivary lipase and ptyalin

• Chewed food and saliva

• Bile and flatus

What would happen to food you swallowed if your esophagus did not perform peristalsis?

• The food would enter your trachea

• You would vomit when the food hit your stomach

• You would choke

• The food would be stuck in your esophagus

Adsorption of carbohydrates takes place into the​ ​ ​ (a)   whereas fats are absorbed into the ​ ​ (b)  

• blood
• lymph
• stomach
• small intestine
• mouth
• large intestine

A person vomits, what is in the chyme that often causes burning?

• Rennin

• Ruggae

• Hydrochloric acid

• Chymotrypsin

During digestion, food leaves the stomach and enters the:

• Duodenum

• Ileum

• Cecum

• Jejunum

What part of the large intestine does NOT serve as a passageway for fecal waste?

• Colon

• Rectum

• Anus

• Appendix

The liver secretes bile that aids in the digestion of:

• Carbohydrates

• Fat

• Protein

• Glucose

The pancreas produces digestive enzymes that empty into the:

• Gallbladder

• Stomach

• Duodenum

• Liver