Digestive System Quiz

What are the functions of the digestive system?

• digestion, absorption, elimination

• ingestion, congestion, elimination

• congestion, digestion, elimination

Where does most absorption of nutrients take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall bladder

Where is bile produced?

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Small intestine

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

• Cilia

• Villi

• Sphincter

• Duodenum

Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?

• stomach

• esophagus

• mouth

• epiglottis

What is the function of the teeth and tongue

• chemical digestion

• break down food

• mechanical digestion

• they only chew food

This organ absorbs water from digested food

• small intestine

• stomach

• villi

• large intestine

This organ produces several enzymes that chemically break down food and regulate blood sugar, food does not pass through this organ

• liver

• pancreas

• gall bladder

• stomach

Which of the following answers correctly sequences the pathway food takes from the beginning to end?

• mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

• mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine

• mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine

• mouth, stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine

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

• salivary amylase

• lysozymes

• mucin

• bolus