Cooper_Long Test-Digestive System

Question 1

7. Where does the digestion of carbohydrates begin?

Answer 1

The mouth

NB pg 54

Question 2

8. What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

Answer 2

Villi

iBooks: Digestive System Organs

Question 3

19. Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?

Answer 3

So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food

NB pg 60

Question 4

20. What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work best?

Answer 4

Hydrochloric acid

NB pg 61

Question 5

25. Where does digestion begin?

Answer 5

Mouth

NB pg 61

Question 6

37. One of the roles of the _______________ is to prepare waste material for elimination.

Answer 6

Large intestine
(NB pg 54)

Question 7

39. T/F - The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is mechanical digestion?

Answer 7

False - chemical

NB pg 54

Question 8

41. T/F - Bacteria in the esophagus make vitamin K

Answer 8

False - intestines

NB pg 55

Question 9

50. How do the small and large intestines compare in size?

Answer 9

Small is longer, but large is thicker

NB pg 52

Question 10

56. What specifically is the area of the small intestine shown? Why cant the small intestine perform its function without the pancreas?

Answer 10

Duodenum; the pancreas secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine
(NB pg 61 & 52)