Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
20 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoiceA series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.
churning
pooping
peristalsis
defecation
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?
mechanical
chemical
both mechanical and chemical
- 3. Multiple Choice
What chemically breaks down food into smaller molecules?
teeth
muscles of the stomach
enzymes
water
- 4. Multiple Choice
Once food is mechanically broken down, it becomes a what?
chyme
bolus
acid
feces
- 5. Multiple Choice
Once food is chemically broken down, it becomes a what?
bolus
chyme
stomach acid
enzyme
- 6. Multiple Choice
What enzyme is produced by this structure?
gastrin
pepsin
amylase
bile
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which organ prevents food from entering the windpipe?
uvula
tongue
trachea
epiglottis
- 8. Multiple Choice
The chewing of your food is called what?
eating
mastication
swallowing
peristalsis
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.compositiondigestiondepositionabsorption
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.pepsinpepsisalivasalty
- 11. Multiple ChoiceProvides additional enzymes(pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.liverkidneysgall bladderpancreas
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat stores bile?ColonGall BladderSmall Intestine
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?esophagussmall intestinestomachmouth
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe organ where food doesn't pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons?liversmall intestinestomachlarge intestine
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a short tube that stores solid waste?AnusEsophagusTracheaRectum
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThis is an opening where solid waste is eliminated.small intestinelarge intestineanusrectum
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where does digestion begin?
The mouth
The stomach
The liver
The small intestine
- 18. Multiple Choice
Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?
stomach
liver
small intestine
large intestine
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one accessory organ of the digestive system?Small IntestineEsophagusGallbladderStomach
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis region of the colon would be called....ascendingtransversedescendingsigmoid
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags