Digestive System Vocabulary Quiz

1. 1. During this process, muscular contractions move food throughout the digestive system

• Absorption

• Peristalsis

• Mechanical Digesion

• Chemical Digestion

2. 2. This organ helps regulate sugar levels by releasing Insulin into the bloodstream, which forces sugar to be stored in the liver

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Gal Bladder

• Salivary Glands

3. 3. The system that breaks down food to a form usable by our cells

• Circulatory

• Immune

• Digestive

• Respiratory

4. 4. This large organ creates bile and detoxifies blood and stores glucose

• Pancreas

• Small Intestine

• Rectum

• Liver

5. 5. This organ stores solid waste until it is ready to be excreted

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Rectum

• Small Intestine

6. 6. This type of digestion is when food is physically broken down into smaller pieces

• Chemical

• Mechanical

• Emotional

• Absorption

7. 7. After chemical digestion, this large carbohydrate food molecule breaks down into sugar

• Starch

• Protein

• Fat

• Amino Acids

8. 8. In this type of digestion, enzymes and acids in the mouth and stomach break down food into a simpler form.

• Emotional

• Physical

• Chemical

• Mechanical

9. 9. In this process, nutrients from digested food pass through the walls of the small intestine in the bloodstream

• Peristalsis

• Hypothermia

• Cyrogenisis

• Absorption

10. 10. Digestion begins here, where chewing and saliva break down food

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Mouth

• Small Intestine