Digestive System Quiz

What is the function of the stomach in the digestive system?

• To produce bile for digestion

• To break food down with enzymes and acids

• To absorb water and form feces

• To connect the mouth to the stomach

Where does the process of chemical digestion primarily occur?

• In the liver

• In the esophagus

• In the mouth and stomach

• In the gall bladder

What is the role of the small intestine in the digestive system?

• To produce digestive enzymes

• To store bile

• To absorb nutrients from food into the bloodstream

• To form feces

Which organ is responsible for producing bile?

• Pancreas

• Stomach

• Liver

• Salivary glands

What are enzymes?

• Fingerlike projections in the intestines

• Substances that break up fat particles

• Proteins that speed up chemical reactions, including digestion

• Slippery substances produced by the body

When you eat, I mix your food with chemicals made by your body, then I churn up your food into smaller parts.  What am I?

• small intestines
• large intestines
• liver
• stomach

Muscular bag that stores the food that you eat and breaks it down into tiny pieces. Also contains acid which helps to kill bacteria on the food you eat.

• stomach

• gallbladder

• liver

• small intestine

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

Which of the following is NOT a function of the stomach?

• Absorbing nutrients

• Producing hydrochloric acid

• Mixing food with digestive juices

• Initiating the digestion of proteins

What happens during chemical digestion?

• Food is cooled down to body temperature

• Food is physically broken down into smaller pieces

• Nutrients are absorbed directly into the blood

• Food molecules are broken down into smaller molecules by enzymes