Hall_Lucy - Test - The Digestive System

Question 1

1. Where does the alimentary canal end?

Answer 1

large intestine

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Question 2

7. Where does the digestion of carbohydrates begin?

Answer 2

mouth

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Question 3

8. What structure(s) enable(s) the small intestine to absorb large amounts of energy?

Answer 3

villi

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Question 4

9. What is bolas?

Answer 4

it is what food is called after it has been partially broken down in the mouth
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Question 5

10. What organ stores bile?

Answer 5

gallbladder

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Question 6

14. What digestive organ releases enzymes that help breakdown starches, proteins, and fats in the small intestine?

Answer 6

pancreas

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Question 7

18. What nutrients are made up of amino acids?

Answer 7

proteins

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Question 8

31. What is the process through which waste is eliminated called?

Answer 8

defecation

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Question 9

33. What is chyme?

Answer 9

it is what food is called after its been digested by the stomach
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Question 10

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

Answer 10

large intestine

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Question 11

38. About half of the different _____ that make up proteins are made inside the body.

Answer 11

amino aids

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Question 12

53. What organ does chemical digestion take place?

Answer 12

small intestine

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Question 13

54. What are the structures that line the duodenum and what are their functions?

Answer 13

villi-provide large surface area for absorption

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Question 14

56. Could the small intestine absorb small nutrients into the bloodstream without the duodenum?

Answer 14

no, the duodenum produces enzymes and without those enzymes chemical digestion couldn’t take place so nutrients couldn’t be absorbed.
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Question 15

57. What is the name of the organ in which food is absorbed?

Answer 15

small intestine

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Question 16

41. True or False? Bacteria in the esophagus makes vitamin K.

Answer 16

false, bacteria in the large intestine makes vitamin K.

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Question 17

42. Digestion begins in the stomach.

Answer 17

false, digestion begins in the mouth.

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Question 18

44. Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine.

Answer 18

false, most chemical digestion takes place in the stomach.

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Question 19

45. Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as absorption.

Answer 19

false, food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as peristalsis.
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Question 20

39. The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is mechanical digestion.

Answer 20

false, the breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is chemical digestion
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Question 21

15. Which nutrient is needed in order for all body processes to take place?

Answer 21

water

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Question 22

46. What 2 organs does food not travel through?

Answer 22

liver and pancreas

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Question 23

50. What is the difference in size in between the small intestine and the large intestine?

Answer 23

the large intestine is shorter in diameter than the small intestine
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