More digestive system questions'

Question 1

The digestive system has____major functions?

Answer 1

3

Question 2

Digestion can be categorized as either____or____.

Answer 2

mechanical or chemical

Question 3

Most nutrients are absorbed in the ____?

Answer 3

small intestine

Question 4

Accessory organs provide__, __, and __?

Answer 4

bile, hormones, and enzymes.

Question 5

___is absorved from ___ in the ___?

Answer 5

water, chyme, colon

Question 6

What produces bile which helps the body break down fats?

Answer 6

liver

Question 7

What is the largest internal organ of the body?

Answer 7

liver

Question 8

What produces enzymes, hormones, and an alkaline fluid?

Answer 8

pancreas

Question 9

What is the small organ with no known function that sometimes gets infected?

Answer 9

the appendix

Question 10

Where is water absorbed?

Answer 10

the large intestine

Question 11

Where is mechanical digestin completed?

Answer 11

the small interstine

Question 12

Where are nutrients absorbed?

Answer 12

the small intestine

Question 13

Where does peristalsis happen?

Answer 13

large and small intestines

Question 14

Where is undigestivle material collected?

Answer 14

the large intestine

Question 15

Where are bile and pancreatic juices added?

Answer 15

the small intestine

Question 16

Where is chemical digestion completed?

Answer 16

the small intestine

Question 17

What is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 17

to store bile

Question 18

Where does food spend the most time?

Answer 18

the large intestine

Question 19

What is the purpose of the mucous on the inner layer of the oesophagus?

Answer 19

Lubricates the food

Question 20

What are the three substances secreted by the inner lining of the stomach?

Answer 20

Mucous, hydrochloric adic, and enzymes.

Question 21

Outline the function of bile?

Answer 21

Helps emulsify fates in duodenum.

Question 22

What are the four functions of the liver?

Answer 22

1) regulate blood sugar levels
2) break down toxine
3) processes waste products
4) produces bile

Question 23

What is a nephron?

Answer 23

Millions of microscopic filters in the kidney.

Question 24

each nephron consitsts of a bundle of ___, surrounded by a ___, which is connected to a tuble.

Answer 24

capillaries, capsule

Question 25

Blood flow through the capillaries is under realtively ___ pressure.

Answer 25

high

Question 26

this forces ___ and various small molecules out into the capsule, and on into the tuble.

Answer 26

water

Question 27

Some of the material that passes intothe tuble is still needed by the body. True or false.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

This includes___, ___, and much of the ___.

Answer 28

Glucose, minerals, water

Question 29

These substances are_____ by capillaries that line the tubles

Answer 29

reabsorbed

Question 30

The rest of the urine continues along the tuble with wastes products such as ___.

Answer 30

urea

Question 31

Urine travels through the tubes calles____into the bladder.

Answer 31

ureters

Question 32

Urine collects in the bladder until it is released through the _____/

Answer 32

urethra

Question 33

Urine collects in the bladder until it is released through the _____.

Answer 33

urethra