Selman_Jack Test: Digestive System

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Pancreas

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Question 2

35. Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through tiny structures called_____.

Answer 2

Vili

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Question 3

38. About half of the different______ that makes up proteins are made inside the body?

Answer 3

Amino Acids

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Question 4

39. True or False: The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is mechanical digestion.

Answer 4

False, Chemical

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Question 5

41. True or False: Bacteria in the esophagus make vitamin K.

Answer 5

False, Large Intestine

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Question 6

42. True or False: Digestion begins in the stomach.

Answer 6

False, mouth

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Question 7

44. True or False: Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine.

Answer 7

False, small intestine

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Question 8

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

Answer 8

False, Peristalsis

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Question 9

50. How do the small intestine and large intestine compare in size?

Answer 9

The Large intestine is shorter and larger in diameter than the small intestine
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Question 10

53. What is the organ where most chemical digestion take place?

Answer 10

Small Intestine

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Question 11

54. What is the function of villi?

Answer 11

It allows nutrient molecules to pass through the cells and into the bloodstream.
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Question 12

56. Could the duodenum of the small intestine perform its function without the pancreas?

Answer 12

No because the pancreas produces enzymes that aid in chemical digestion. Without those enzymes, chemical digestion couldn’t be completed, so the duodenum would be unable to absorb small nutrient molecules into the bloodstream
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Question 13

57. What is the function of the small intestine?

Answer 13

To absorb food

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Question 14

58. What is the function of the liver?

Answer 14

Produces bile that helps to break fat down into smaller particles.
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