Digestive System

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• composition
• digestion
• deposition
• absorption

What carries food from the pharynx to the stomach?

• larynx

• trachea

• esophagus

• bronchioles

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

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 chemically breaks down food into smaller molecules?

• teeth

• muscles of the stomach

• enzymes

WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE?

• Large intestine
• nothing
• liver
• pancreas

Number 7 in the diagram represents the:

• Small intestine
• Liver
• Large intestine
• Gall Bladder

Bile is made by which digestive organ?

• Gallbladder
• Stomach
• Rectum
• Liver

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder