The Digestive System

Isn't it amazing how our bodies function? The digestive system is one example of that. The Digestive system helps to digest the food that we eat into nutrients that are essential for our body in order to live and maintain enery.

Do you know the process of the digestive system? Test yourself out! After reading the chapter you should be and expert at exactly how our body digest our food into nutrients,and all the organs and digestive enzymes involved...or are you? See for youself!

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1. The process in which food is broken down into nutrients is known as...
ingestion
defecation
absorption
digestion
emulsification
mastigation
2. The salivary glands produce what digestive enzyme?
amylase
pepsin
trypsin
hydrochloric acid
chyme
bile
3. Your ________ shapes food into a ball called a bolus.
teeth
tongue
tonsils
saliva
stomach
esophagus
4. The bolus travels down your _____ a tube that leads to your stomach.
pharynx
larynx
throat
esophagus
liver
apendix
5. Your stomach contains what two digestive enzymes?
hydrochloric acid and trypsin
bile and trypsin
hydrochloric acid and pepsin
pepsin and trypsin
trypsin and bile
pepsin and bile
6. What are the three parts of the small intestine, in order?
Duodenum,ileum, and jejunum
jejunum,ileum, and duodenum
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
ileum,jejunum, and duodenum
ileum,duodenum, and jejunum
jejunum,duodenum, and ileum
7. Bile is made in the _____ and stored in the gallladder.
liver, gallbladder
gallbladder, liver
liver, stomach
stomach, small intestine
gallbladder, small intestine
gallbladder, stomach
8. What is the process in which fats are broken down into tiny drops?
absorption
reabsoprtion
emulsification
defecation
mastigation
digestion
9. After what process have all your nutrients been sent through the body?
reabsorption
absorption
emulsification
digestion
swallowing
chewing
10. The feces are stored in the ____ and released through the ____.
anus, rectum
colon, anus
anus, large intestine
appendix, anus
large intestine, rectum
rectum, anus

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