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  1. What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?
A

Villi

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6. Which of the following organs is considered to be a part of the alimentary canal?
Pancreas 
Liver
Gallbladder 
All
None
A

None

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  1. When chyme enters the small intestine_____.
    Large amount of chyme is present
    Enzymes are absorbed into small intestinal wall from chyme
    And acid solution from the small intestine neutralizes the basic chyme solution
    All
    None
A

None

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  1. The process by which waste is eliminated is?
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Defecation

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  1. Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?
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Proteins

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

Peristalsis

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  1. Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
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Mouth

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  1. The process by which nutrients molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system and into the blood is called?
A

Absorption

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  1. Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through tiny structures called________.
A

VILLI

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  1. About half of the different ________that make up proteins in the body.
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Amino acid

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  1. On of the roles of the ______ is to prepare waste material for elimination.
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Large intestine

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  1. Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscles contraction know as ABSORPTION.
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F, peristalsis

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  1. Bacteria in the ESOPHAGUS make vitamin K.
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F, small intestine

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  1. What two parts in the digestive system does not have food going through it.
A

Liver pancreas

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  1. Identify C, E, F, D
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C-pancreas E- small intestine F- large intestine D-Anus

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  1. What are organs D and F how do they compare in size.
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F large intestine is shorter and larger than E small intestine
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  1. What is peristalsis. Give the letters of the two organs in which it occurs.
A

It Is involuntary waves of muscle contraction. A esophagus B stomach
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  1. Name the structures that are found in the inside of the small intestine.
A

Sturcutures are villi

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19
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  1. What is the organ which food is absorbed?
A

Small intestine

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20
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  1. What is above the small intestine?
A

Liver. Which produces bile to help to break sold down into smaller particles.
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  1. What does the gallbladder do?
A

Stores the bile produced by the liver and passes the bi.e through a tube in the small intestine to aid the digestion of fat particles.
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22
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  1. What is the teeth in the very back of your mouth?
A

Molars

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