Digestive System Quiz

The only place where ingestion occurs.

• Mouth

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

The bolus arrives at this organ through the gastroesophageal sphincter and mechanical and chemical digestion continue here.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Pancreas

• Stomach

• Small intestine

The hollow muscular tube that runs posterior to the heart.

• Liver

• Esophagus

• Tongue

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

Where gut bacteria digest any remaining nutrients from the food we have eaten prior to defecation.

• Large intestine

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Pancreas

• Small intestine

Chyme first enters this structure through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.

• Esophagus

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Tongue

• Small intestine

The muscle in the oral cavity that aids in the propulsion of food towards the pharynx.

• Pancreas

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Liver

• Small intestine

The holding zone for bile that isn’t immediately needed.

• Pancreas

• Small intestine

• Gallbladder

• Tongue

• Esophagus

Directs food towards the stomach rather than the lungs.

• Esophagus

• Tongue

• Pancreas

• Pharynx

• Small intestine

Arguably the most essential organ in the metabolism of carbohydrates.

• Tongue

• Esophagus

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

• Liver

The largest gland in the body that sits just below the diaphragm.

• Liver

• Tongue

• Small intestine

• Pancreas

• Esophagus