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Digestive System Structures Functions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is made up of different organs that worked together to break down food and nourish the body?

a)

Digestion

b)

Ingestion

c)

Peristalsis

d)

Digestive System

2.

Where does digestion of food begin?

a)

Mouth

b)

Esophagus

c)

Small Intestine

d)

Pharynx

3.

What is the enzyme in your mouth responsible in the initial digestion of carbohydrates?

a)

Pepsin

b)

Lactase

c)

Ptyalin

d)

Lipase

4.

Which enzyme helps break down protein in the stomach?

a)

Pepsin

b)

Lactase

c)

Ptyalin

d)

Lipase

5.

What are the two types of digestion?

a)

Physical and mechanical digestion

b)

Physical and chemical digestion

c)

Chemical and enzymatic digestion

d)

Enzymatic and mechanical digestion

6.

Where does swallowing occur?

a)

Mouth

b)

Esophagus

c)

Small intestine

d)

Pharynx

7.

It is a process of muscle contraction to facilitate the movement of food.

a)

Digestion

b)

Ingestion

c)

Peristalsis

d)

Digestive System

8.

What do you call the chewed food that travels through your esophagus?

a)

Bolus

b)

Callus

c)

Chyme

d)

Chime

9.

Where does digestion end?

a)

Mouth

b)

Esophagus

c)

Small intestine

d)

Pharynx

10.

These are fingerlike projections in the small intestine that function in the absorption of nutrients

a)

Sphincter

b)

Bile

c)

Villi

d)

Pharynx