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Digestion Process

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the process by which foods are broken down into nutrients

a)

absorption

b)

metabolism

c)

digestion

2.

The nutrient carbohydrate is known as a _

a)

micronutrient

b)

macronutrient

3.

The process by which nutrients are transported to the cells in the body is known as

a)

digestion

b)

absorption

c)

metabolism

4.

Most absorption of nutrients occurs in the _

a)

stomach

b)

large intestine

c)

small intestine

d)

pancreas

5.

Fat and fat-soluable vitamins are absorbed in the _ of the villi

a)

lacteals

b)

blood vessels

6.

All the processes involved in the body's use of nutrients is known as

a)

digestion

b)

absorption

c)

metabolism

7.

Using nutrients to build cells and substances in the body is known as

a)

catabolism

b)

anabolism

8.

Breaking down cells and substances to release energy is known as

a)

catabolism

b)

anabolism

9.

This process is also known as chewing

a)

Peristalsis

b)

Mastication

c)

Boborygmus

d)

Flatulence

10.

These are wave-like contractions in the esophagus that move food down

a)

mastication

b)

peristalsis

c)

borborygmus

d)

defecation

11.

Food that has been chewed and ready to be swallowed is a _

a)

chyme

b)

bolus

12.

Which organ secretes hydrochloric acid and churns to convert food into chyme

a)

liver

b)

small intestine

c)

large intestine

d)

stomach

13.

Which part of the small intestine mixes chyme with bile and pancreatic enzymes

a)

jejunum

b)

ileum

c)

duodenum

14.

Which part of the small intestine is responsible for the absorption of nutrients

a)

duodenum

b)

jejunum

c)

Ileum

15.

Which digestive organ is responsible for absorbing excess water

a)

small intestine

b)

stomach

c)

pancreas

d)

large intestine

16.

What is the rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas in the intestine

a)

flatulence

b)

borborygmus

c)

paristalisis

d)

mastication

17.

Which digestive organ removes excess glucose and stores glycogen from blood

a)

pancreas

b)

gallbladder

c)

liver

d)

kidney

18.

Which digestive system organ stores bile

a)

liver

b)

gallbladder

c)

spleen

d)

pancreas

19.

Which organ secretes sodium bicarbonate into the duodenum to neutralize stomach acid

a)

liver

b)

spleen

c)

pancreas

d)

kidney