Digestive: Small Intestine

Which organ is longer, the large intestine or small intestine?

• Large intestine

• Medium intestine

• Small intestine

• Trick question, the intestines are not organs.

Villi, or finger like projections inside the small intestine, enhances absorption of nutrients by :

• moving to transport the food along the intestines.

• adding increased surface area to allow for more absorption.

• having little teeth so your intestines can continue chewing food.

• existing just so we have more things to learn in anatomy class.

What is the first section of your small intestine?

• Jejunum

• Ileocecal

• Duodenum

• Ileum

How many sections does the small intestine have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Where does most of the absorption of nutrients take place?

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Esophogus

• Broh, this is a quiz specifically on the small intestine. So... what do you think the answer is?

What structure connects the small intestine to the large intestine?

• Pyloric sphincter

• Ileocecal valve

• Appendix

• Rectum

As soon as food is chewed in the mouth and mixed with saliva, we call it bolus. However, once it contains gastric juices and moves along the small intestine, we call it _____.

• acid food

• bolus.2

• seefood

• chyme

If sucrase is the enzyme that breaks down sucrose, then lactase must be an enzyme that breaks down

• protein

• glucose

• lactose

• amylase