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Digestive System Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Almost 10 inches long, this structure connects the mouth to the stomach. What is it?

a)

ileum

b)

esophagus

c)

epiglottis

d)

appendix

2.

What is the name of the organ that is the size of a tennis ball but can expand to the size of a football?

a)

pancreas

b)

lung

c)

intestines

d)

stomach

3.

What is the name of the tissue that closes off the windpipe when you swallow so you do not choke?

a)

epiglottis

b)

esophagus

c)

ileum

d)

appendix

4.

One of the following organs uses acid that is strong enough to dissolve a nail to break in its process of breaking down food into nutrients. What is it?

a)

intestines

b)

pharynx

c)

stomach

d)

gallbladder

5.

Approximately 21 feet in length, this organ takes the broken down food and helps move it into the blood stream by way of villi. What is the organ?

a)

large intestine

b)

small intestine

c)

stomach

d)

liver

6.

What is the name of the organ that releases insulin, a hormone that is used to lower blood sugar and store unused sugar as fat?

a)

gall bladder

b)

liver

c)

pancreas

d)

appendix

7.

You cannot live completely without this organ because it produces bile, stores glycogen and helps to detox the body. What is it?

a)

gall bladder

b)

liver

c)

pancreas

d)

ileum

8.

This organ soaks up water, salts and moves undigested fiber or wastes out of the body. What is it?

a)

small intestine

b)

pancreas

c)

stomach

d)

large intestine

9.

Digestion begins in the ______.

a)

Mouth

b)

Stomach

c)

Small intestine

d)

Gallbladder

10.

Absorption of nutrients happens through small finger-like structures called ________.

a)

sphincters

b)

enzymes

c)

lipids

d)

villi

11.
What organ is this?
a)
stomach
b)
large intestine
c)
small intestine
d)
esophagus
12.
What organ is this?
a)
stomach
b)
small intestine
c)
large intestine
d)
esophagus
13.
This is an image of the
a)
stomach
b)
small intestine
c)
esophagus
d)
large intestine
14.
What is the function of the digestive system?
a)
to break down and absorb nutrients
b)
to support and protect our bodies
c)
to produce vitamin D
d)
to help us move
15.

Which organ stores bile?

a)

stomach

b)

gallbladder

c)

pancreas

d)

liver

16.
What organ is this?
a)
stomach
b)
small intestine
c)
large intestine
d)
esophagus