Digestive System Quiz

Regulates blood sugar levels and aides in chemical digestion 

• Pancreas
• Liver
• Gallbladder

• Apendix

Absorbs water and forms feces

• Small intestine
• Large intestine
• Stomach
• Pancreas

Muscular tube that connects the mouth and stomach 

• Pharynx
• Esophagus
• Trachea
• Larynx

completes chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients

• small intestine
• stomach
• esophagus
• large intestine

Large muscular sac that aids in chemical and mechanical digestion 

• Small intestine

• stomach
• liver
• pancreas

a flap of cartilage that covers the trachea while swallowing

• larynx
• trachea
• pharynx
• epiglottis

Gland in mouth that produces saliva and aids in chemical digestion

• Salivary gland
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Sinuses

 Prevents food from going into the nasal cavity when swallowing

• Soft palate
• Uvula
• Hard palate
• Epiglottis

End of large intestine where waste is compressed into a solid form for elimination 

• Anus
• Colon
• Cecum
• Rectum

Stores bile, produced by the liver, that aids in digesting fats

• Pharynx

• Pancreas
• Gallbladder
• Liver