Digestive System Roles and Functions

The video features a conversation between the stomach and tongue, discussing their roles in the digestive system. They highlight their unique abilities, such as the stomach's ability to expand and produce strong acid, and the tongue's taste buds that identify flavors. The characters realize the importance of teamwork in digestion. Additional information is provided on how taste and smell work together to detect flavors.

What was the initial task given by Teeth to Stomach and Tongue?

• To identify the strongest muscle

• To find the tastiest food

• To choose the greatest part of the digestive system

• To clean the digestive system

What unique ability does the Stomach have?

• It can taste food

• It can expand to the size of a football

• It can chew food

• It can smell food

How many taste buds does the Tongue claim to have?

• Millions

• Thousands

• Hundreds

• Five

What is the main function of the Tongue in the digestive process?

• To produce saliva

• To form food into a ball for swallowing

• To chew food

• To digest food

What was the misunderstanding between Stomach and Tongue?

• They thought they had to choose the best food

• They thought they had to stop working

• They thought they had to choose the greatest part of the system

• They thought they had to clean the system

What realization did Stomach and Tongue come to about their roles?

• They should switch roles

• They should compete with each other

• They need to work as a team

• They work best independently

How do taste and smell work together to detect flavors?

• Taste buds alone identify flavors

• Smell alone identifies flavors

• Flavors are detected by the eyes

• The brain combines information from both taste and smell

What happens to astronauts' sense of taste in space?

• It becomes more sensitive

• It remains unchanged

• It becomes less sensitive due to stuffy noses

• It improves due to zero gravity

What is the role of the nasal cavity in flavor detection?

• It helps in identifying flavors by processing odors

• It digests the food

• It releases odors

• It chews the food

What effect does pinching the nose have on flavor detection?

• It dulls the flavor

• It has no effect

• It enhances the flavor

• It changes the flavor