Digestive System

What chemically breaks down food into smaller molecules?

• teeth

• muscles of the stomach

• enzymes

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

A series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.

• adduction
• primary wave
• peristalsis
• inversion

What does the Gall Bladder store?

• Bile

• Fat

• Carbohydrates

• Insulin

Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the _______________ .

• esophagus

• stomach

• large intestine

• small intestine

A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed.

• large intestine

• small intestine

• esophagus

• pancreas

Which is the esophagus?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Produces bile

• gallbladder
• stomach
• liver
• small intestine

Where does the digestive system start?

• The liver

• The throat

• The stomach

• The mouth

a flap of tissue that closes when we eat so food doesn't not go down the trachea/windpipe.

• larynx

• pharynx

• trachea

• epiglottis