Test- Digestive System

Question 1

2. What structures enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of water?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates Pg. 60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 2

4. In what part of the body does most chemical digestion take place?

Answer 2

Small intestine Pg.62 CLF Digestion New

Question 3

9. What is bolus?

Answer 3

It is what food is called after its been partially Brocken down in the mouth Pg.60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 4

11. When chyme enters the small intestine,

Answer 4

Form a enzyme pepsin which breaks down protein Pg.60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 5

12. The process by which waste is eliminated is?

Answer 5

Defecation Pg.66. WKS Final Digestion and Absorption

Question 6

13. Which nutrients are made up of amo acids?

Answer 6

Proteins Pg. 60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 7

22. Chewing is an example of what type of digestion?

Answer 7

Mechanical Pg. 61. BP- digestive

Question 8

25. Where does the alimentary canal end?

Answer 8

Large intestine Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Pancreas Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 10

31. What organ stores bile?

Answer 10

Gallbladder Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 11

32. Where does the most digestion take place?

Answer 11

Duodenum Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 12

35. About half of the different __________ that makes up proteins are made inside the body

Answer 12

Amino acids Pg.60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 13

38. True/false

Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine

Answer 13

False because it’s not in the large intestine it’s in the small intestine. Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 14

True/false

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

Answer 14

False because it’s not absorption it’s peristalsis. Pg.66. WKS Final Digestion and Absorption

Question 15

True\False

43. Bacteria in the large intestine makes vitamin k

Answer 15

False because bacteria in the small intestine makes vitamin k not the small intestine. Pg.66. WKS Final Digestion and Absorption

Question 16

True\False

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

Answer 16

False because it’s not mechanical digestion its chemical digestion. Pg.61. BP- digestive

Question 17

50. What is peristalsis, and what two places does it occur in the body

Answer 17

Involuntary waves of muscle contraction and esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 18

52. Could the duodenum preform without the small intestine?

Answer 18

The pancreas produces enzymes that aid in chemical digestion. Without those enzymes chemical digestion could not be completed, so the small intestine would be unable to absorb small nutrient molecules into the bloodstream. Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 19

53. What is food absorbed through?

Answer 19

Small intestine Pg.60. WKST Food and Energy

Question 20

54. What is the livers function?

Answer 20

Produces bile that helps to break fat down into smaller particles. Pg. 62. CLF Digestion New

Question 21

55. What is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 21

It stores the bile produced by the liver and passes the bile through a tube in the small intestine to aid In digestion of fat particles. Pg.62. CLF Digestion New

Question 22

56. What organ does almost all chemical digestion take place?

Answer 22

Small intestine Pg.60. WKST Food and Energy