Petersson_Stina Test - Digestive System

Question 1

3. On the tooth diagram which letter is pointing to the part that provides the main structure of the tooth..

Answer 1

Dentin

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Question 2

7. Where does the digestion of carbohydrates begin?

Answer 2

In the mouth

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Question 3

10. What organ stores bile?

Answer 3

Gallbladder

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Question 4

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

Answer 4

Pancreas

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Question 5

21. A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe, preventing food from entering it

Answer 5

Epiglottis

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Question 6

25. Where does the digestion begin?

Answer 6

In the mouth

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Question 7

29. What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?

Answer 7

Peristalsis

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Question 8

31. The process which waste is eliminated is

Answer 8

Ingestion

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Question 9

36. The ____________ stores bile and releases it through a tube into the small intestine.

Answer 9

Villi

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Question 10

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

Answer 10

Amino acids

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Question 11

41. Bacteria in the ESOPHAGUS make vitamin K.

Answer 11

False, Large intestine

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Question 12

42. Digestion begins in the STOMACH.

Answer 12

False, mouth

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Question 13

45. Food pushesthrough the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as ABSORPTION.

Answer 13

False, peristalsis

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Question 14

48. What is peristalsis? Give the the names of two organs in which it occurs.

Answer 14

Peristalsis moves of muscle contraction. Esophagus and stomach

Question 15

53. Give the letter and the name of the organ in which almost all chemical Digestion takes place.

Answer 15

Small intestine

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Question 16

54. Name the structure that line organ C and describe their function.

Answer 16

The structure are villi. Nutrient molecules pass into cells on the surface of a villus and from there into blood vessels. The villi provides a large surface area for absorption.
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Question 17

56. What specifically is the name of the area of organ C shown? In general, could organ C perform its function without organ B, explain.

Answer 17

Duodenum of the small intestines. B is the pancreas, which produces enzymes that aid in chemical Digestion. Without those enzymes, chemical digestion could not be completed, so C, the small intestine, would be unable to absorb small nutrient molecules into the bloodstream.
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Question 18

57. Give the name of the organ through which food is absorbed.

Answer 18

The small intestine

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Question 19

58. Identify organ A and give its function.

Answer 19

A is the liver, which produces bile and cleaning the blood.

Notability pg. 52. CLF Digestion Tooth Table