digestive quiz

Question 1

mouth

Answer 1

the salivary gland makes saliva, a digestive juicee, which moistens food so it moved more easily through you esophagus into your stomach

Question 2

stomach

Answer 2

holds the food and mixes with acid and enzymes that continues to break the food down into a liquid or paste

Question 3

esophagus

Answer 3

muscular tube connected to the pharynx to the stomach, it contracts as it moved food into the stomach.

Question 4

small intestine

Answer 4

the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, it helps to further digest food coming from the stomach. It absorbs nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and water from food so they can be used by the body. The small intestine is part of the digestive system.

Question 5

large intestine

Answer 5

absorbing water and electrolytes, producing and absorbing vitamins, and forming and propelling feces toward the rectum for elimination.4 parts: cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal

Question 6

gallbladder

Answer 6

stores bile from the liver

Question 7

tongue

Answer 7

functions as a digestive organ by facilitating the movement of food during mastication and assisting swallowing.

Question 8

pharynx

Answer 8

The pharynx, usually called the throat, is part of the respiratory system and digestive systems. It carries air, food, and fluid down from the nose and mouth

Question 9

liver

Answer 9

An organ with many functions, your liver’s two main responsibilities in the process of digestion are to make and secrete bile and to process and purify the blood containing newly absorbed nutrients that are coming from the small intestine.

Question 10

pancreas

Answer 10

enzymes break down sugars, fats, and starches. Your pancreas also helps your digestive system by making hormones. These are chemical messengers that travel through your blood.

Question 11

alimentary canal

Answer 11

This long tube of organs makes a pathway for food to travel through the body. It runs from the mouth to the anus (where poop comes out) and includes the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. An adult’s digestive tract is about 30 feet (about 9 meters) long.

Question 12

accessory digestive organs

Answer 12

The accessory organs are the teeth, tongue, and glandular organs such as salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The digestive system functions to provide mechanical processing, digestion, absorption of food, secretion of water, acids, enzymes, buffer, salt, and excretion of waste products.

Question 13

carbohydrates

Answer 13

monosaccharide

Question 14

lipids

Answer 14

fatty acids

Question 15

proteins

Answer 15

amino acids

Question 16

nucleic acid

Answer 16

nucleotide