Gastrointestinal System

Roberta suffers from car sickness and can only ride on an empty stomach.  If she eats at 12:00 pm, what is the soonest she can ride in a car and be sure her stomach is emtpy?

• 12:00 pm
• 4:00 pm
• 1:00 pm
• 2:00 pm

The alimentary canal is a long, muscular tube that begins at the mouth and ends at the anus.

• Yes
• No
• Don't Know

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The walls of the small intestine are line with fingerlike projections called______________.

• lacteals
• caplillaries
• villi
• rugae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

After the food is partially digested by the acid and enzymes in the stomach, it is called bolus.

• Yes
• No
• Don't Know

Which of the following is not a function of the large intestine?

• absorption of water and remaining nutrients
• production of intestinal juice containing enzymes
• transportation of waste products
• synthesis of vitamins by bacteria

The organ behind the stomach that produces enzymes and the hormone insulin is the __________.

• liver
• pancreas
• gallbladder
• spleen

The liver is the largest gland in the body.

• Yes
• No
• Don't Know

The enzymes maltase, lactase, and sucrase present in the intestinal juice act on ____________.

• sugars
• fats
• proteins
• milk

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

During digestion, food leaves the stomach and enters the:

• duodenum
• ileum
• cecum
• jejunum

The pancreas produces digestive enzymes that empty into the:

• gallbladder
• stomach
• duodenum
• liver