Digestive System 22-23

Food travels down your esophagus through a wavelike motion called ____.

• gravity

• falling

• peristalsis

• squeezing

Which shows the correct order of digestion?

• mouth, pharynx, stomach, small intestines, esophagus

• pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines

• mouth, esophagus, large intestines, stomach, small intestines,

• stomach, large intestines, esophagus, small intestines

Water from your undigested food is absorbed in the ___________________?

• small intestines

• stomach

• liver

• large intestines

What is the correct order of the following processes?

• ingestion, digestion, elimination, absorption

• digestion, ingestion, absorption, elimination

• ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

• digestion, elimination, ingestion, absorption

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

In what order is food disassembled?

• digestive organs take turns

  contracting and relaxing to squeeze food through the alimentary tract.

• swallowing

• salivary glands begin the enzyme bath.

• teeth pulverize the food

• peristalsis

What are these structures call that are found on the lining of the small intestine?

• Gallbladder

• Villi

• Sphincter

• Duodenum

If the liver is not functioning properly, what would most likely be the result?

• food would not be able to move into the small intestsine
• fats would not be digested
• water would not be absored
• it would not affect digestion

After dinner, you have a bad case of diarrhea. Which organ is most likely not functioning properly?

• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine
• liver

The teeth and tongue of the oral cavity break foodstuff down physically. This is an example of

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

Which of the following helps digest carbohydrates in the mouth...

• salivary amylase

• lysozymes

• mucin

• bolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7