Digestive Terms

What does the large intestine do?

• digest the food from this process

• makes a pathway for the food

• reabsorb a lot of the water from this process

• absorbs the food from this process

What are two possible disease that can occur from the process of the digestive system?

• diarrhea

• cancer

• irritable bowel syndrome

• bowel irritable syndrome

Which is the stomach?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Which organ system's function is to break down food and then release nutrients and glucose to blood cells?

• Digestive System

• Skeletal System

• Respiratory System

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System

Which system is this?

• Nervous

• Respiratory

• Circulatory

• Digestive

To show students that gravity is not the only force that helps move food through the body, the teacher does a headstand and eats a cookie. Which is responsible for moving the food to the stomach?

• chewing by the teeth

• movement of the tongue

• squeezing by the esophagus

• contraction of the stomach

Which type of muscle is found in the digestive system and the blood vessels?

• Skeletal

• Cardiac

• Smooth

digestive system

• the body system that carries molecules to all the cells in the body

• the body system that takes in oxygen from the mouth

• the body system that takes in food and breaks it down

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

• A) To absorb nutrients into the bloodstream

• B) To break down food using acids and enzymes

• C) To reabsorb water from digested food

• D) To store bile produced by the liver

Which enzyme is responsible for breaking down proteins in the stomach?

• A) Amylase

• B) Lipase

• C) Pepsin

• D) Lactase