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Where does the digestion of proteins take place?
Mouth and stomach
Stomach and small intestine
Mouth and small intestine
Mouth, stomach and small intestine
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Where does the digestion of carbohydrates take place?
Mouth
Mouth and Stomach
Mouth and small Intestine
Mouth and large intestine
Stomach
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Where does the digestion of lipids take place?
Stomach
Stomach and small intestine
Small intestine
Mouth, stomach and small intestine
Mouth and small intestine
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What is the aim of the digestion?
Obtain matter and energy
Obtain nutrients from food and break it down into small molecules, which are then absorbed
Break down food into inorganic nutrients
Obtain nutrients form food and transport it to the cells
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Where does the absorption take place?
Oesophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Digestive tract
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What are the two components of the gastric juice?
Pepsine and hydrochloric acid
Saliva and bile
Bile and hydrochloric acid
Amyase and hydrochloric acid
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Which are the three juices released in the duodenum (small intestine)?
Bile, pancreatic juice and gastric juice
Bile, pancreatic juice and intestinal juice
Bile, gastric juice and saliva
Bile, intestinal juice and pancratic juice
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Which are the nutrients digested in the mouth?
Carbohydrates and proteins
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Fats
All the abov
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. Which are the nutrients digested in the stomach?
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Carbohydrates and proteins
Fats
All the above
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Which are the nutrients digested in the small intestine?
Carbohydrates and proteins
Proteins
Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
Lipids and proteins
Lipids
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What is the enzyme contained in the saliva?
Amylase
Pepsine
Hydrochloride acid
Lipase
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Where is the bile stored?
Liver
Gall bladder
Pancreas
Small intestine
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Which is the nutrient that bile facilitates its digestion?
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Protein and lipids
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Where is the pancreatic juice released?
Small intestine
Stomach
Large intestine
Mouth
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Where is the gastric juice released?
Stomach
Small intestine
Mouth
Large intestine
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Where is the bile produced?
Liver
Pancreas
Salivary glands
Gall bladder
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Where is the bile released?
Pancreas
Liver
Stomach
Small intestine
Mouth
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Where is the intestinal juice secreted?
Small intestine
Stomach
Large intestine
Pancreas
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What is the function of the villi?
To increase the absorption surface
To digest the last nutrients
To form feces
To comb the small intestine
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What is the function of the large intestine?
The absorption of water and some vitamins, formation and storage of faeces
The absorption of nutrients
The digestion of fats
Transport the nutrients to the blood stream