Digestive System-Lower

What are the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus called to help food move along?

• swallowing

• peristalsis

• inertia contractions

• paralysis

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are the fingerlike structures located in the small intestine that absorbs nutrients?

• Duodenum

• Villi

• Bile

• Pancreas

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Why doesn't the stomach digest itself with hydrochloric acid?

• It is lined with villi to protect the lining of the stomach

• the lining is covered with mucus to protect itself

• the stomach wall becomes immune to the strong acid over time

• the stomach walls are made of very thick skeletal muscle.

Which of the following is vital to brain function and therefore closely monitored and regulated by the hormones insulin and glucagon?

• protein

• glucose

• fatty acids

• fructose

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Which of the following are considered macronutrients for humans?

• vitamins

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• minerals

• protein

The only digestive process which is both active and voluntary is

• absorption

• propulsion

• ingestion

• segmentation

Which enzyme below is involved in the following chemical digestion process?

PROTEINS---->AMINO ACIDS

• Lipase

• Amylase

• Pepsin

• Maltase

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Digestion is COMPLETED in the

• stomach
• liver
• small intestine
• large intestine

What might happen if your large intestine did not absorb water from chyme?

• You couldn't digest food.

• You wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom.

• You would become dehydrated.

• Solid waste would not be able to move throughout the digestive system

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3