Digestive System Quiz 1

a long tube, open at both ends, through which food passes as it is digested

• mouth

• alimentary canal

• pancreas

• gall bladder

the process of breaking food down into nutrients

• absorption

• deglutition

• ingestion

• digestion

organs that assist in the process of digestion, but food does not pass through them

• primary organs

• mechanoreceptors

• accessory organs

• chemoreceptors

the voluntary process of taking food or drink into the body through the mouth

• peristalsis

• deglutition

• propulsion

• ingestion

the forceful movement of food from one organ to the next

• peristalsis

• propulsion

• defecation

• mastication

thick, semi-liquid form of food that leaves the stomach

• intrinsic factor

• pepsinogen

• chyme

• bolus

alternating waves of contraction and relaxation that push food along the GI tract

• peristalsis

• duodenum

• segmentation

• deglutition

the physical breakdown of food into smaller particles

• defecation

• chemical digestions

• mechanical digestions

• propulsion

moves food back and forth to mix it in the small and large intestines

• propulsion

• deglutition

• peristalsis

• segmentation

food molecules are broken down into their building blocks by their enzymes

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• propulsion

• segmentation