Where does the digestion of food begins?

• Stomach

• Esophagus

• Mouth

• Small intestine

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Food is chewed in the mouth and mixed with _________?

• the liver

• gastric juices

• saliva

• bile

Food travels down the __________ into the stomach.

• small intestine

• gallbladder

• esophagus

• trachea

Food leaves the stomach and travels to the ___________.

• small intestine

• large intestine

• mouth

• liver

Waste foods are separated from solids and liquids in the __________________.

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

• stomach

_________ are absorbed into the blood.

• saliva

• gastric juices

• bile

• nutrients

Place the following events in sequence:

A) Food enters your large intestines

B) Food enters your small intestines

C) Food enters your esophagus

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

• B, A, C

What is this organ?

• Liver

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Stomach

Where does absorption primarily take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall bladder

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Which of the following are considered jobs of the digestive system? (Check all that apply)

• Ingestion

• Digestion

• Absorption

• Elimination