Digestive system quiz

Question 1

What is elimination?

Answer 1

The expulsion of undigested food or body wastes

Question 2

What is mastication?

Answer 2

The process of chewing

Question 3

What is chyme?

Answer 3

A creamy, fluid mixture of food and gastric juices

Question 4

What is digestion?

Answer 4

A process in which the body breaks down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into substances that you cells can absorb and use

Question 5

What are the 11 parts of the digestive system?

Answer 5

Stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, pancreas, esophagus, mouth, liver, pharynx, anus, and rectum

Question 6

What is another name for an intestine?

Answer 6

Colon

Question 7

How long is the small intestine?

Answer 7

23 feet

Question 8

How long is the large intestine?

Answer 8

5 feet

Question 9

Why is the small intestine called “small” when it is longer than the large intestine?

Answer 9

The large intestine is thicker than the small intestine

Question 10

The 11 parts of the digestive system make up the…

Answer 10

Alimentary canal

Question 11

What is the alimentary canal?

Answer 11

A tubelike passage that is 30ft in length

Question 12

Where does the alimentary canal start and end?

Answer 12

Mouth to anus

Question 13

The mouth contains how many salivary glands?

Answer 13

3 glands

Question 14

What is amylase?

Answer 14

A digestive enzyme which helps break down complex carbs and starches

Question 15

What is enzyme?

Answer 15

A protein that increases the rate of chemical activities in the body

Question 16

What in your mouth help break down food?

Answer 16

Teeth, tongue, and saliva

Question 17

How many permanent teeth are there?

Answer 17

32

Question 18

What are incisors?

Answer 18

Your front teeth that bite and cut food

Question 19

What do cuspids teeth do?

Answer 19

Rip and tear food

Question 20

What are the three nicknames for your cuspid teeth?

Answer 20

Canines, fangs, and eye teeth

Question 21

What do bicuspids teeth do?

Answer 21

Crush food

Question 22

Bicuspids are known as?

Answer 22

Premolars

Question 23

What are molars?

Answer 23

Your back teeth that grind teeth

Question 24

What is the pharynx?

Answer 24

A short muscular tube that serves as an opening to both digestive and respiratory systems

Question 25

What is an esophagus?

Answer 25

A tube that is 12 inches in length that transports food to the stomach by way of peristalsis

Question 26

What is peristalsis?

Answer 26

Wave-like contractions that relax and contract muscles to keep food moving toward the stomach

Question 27

The entrance to the stomach is controlled by a ring shaped muscle called a..?

Answer 27

Sphincter

Question 28

What is a sphincter?

Answer 28

A muscle that controls the movement of food from one part of the Alimentary canal to the other

Question 29

The what is lined with muscle layers and looks like a boxing glove?

Answer 29

Stomach

Question 30

The muscle layers in the stomach contract and relax and do what to food?

Answer 30

Squeeze and churn

Question 31

Muscles churn and squeeze food that goes into?

Answer 31

A thick soup called chyme

Question 32

What does peristalsis do?

Answer 32

Moves small amounts of chyme out of the stomach and into the small intestine

Question 33

How many hours does it take peristalsis to move chyme?

Answer 33

1 to 2

Question 34

The stomach contains glands that produce…?

Answer 34

Hydrochloric acid and pepsin

Question 35

What does hydrochloric acid do?

Answer 35

Dissolves minerals

Question 36

What does pepsin do?

Answer 36

Breaks down proteins

Question 37

Sphincters are located?

Answer 37

Upper part of the stomach, lower part of the stomach, the anus, and one in the urinary bladder

Question 38

The first ten inches of the small intestine is called the…?

Answer 38

Duodenium

Question 39

The duodenium is where?

Answer 39

Most chemical digestion takes place

Question 40

What is bile?

Answer 40

A yellow green bitter fluid important in the breakdown and absorption of fats