Test- Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
6.
A
G
2
Q
- What is bolus
A
It is what food is called after it’s been partially broken down in the mouth .
3
Q
- What is true to the stomach?
A
Mechanical digestion occurs in the stomach
The stomach is a J-shaped muscle pouch in the abdomen
Digestive juices in the stomach contains an enzyme that breaks down proteins.
HCI in the stomach kills many bacteria that are swallowed with food and helps pepsin to work
4
Q
- When chyme enters small intestine.
A
None of these
5
Q
- Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?
A
A. Proteins
6
Q
- Where does the alimentary canal end?
A
A. Large intestine
7
Q
- What process takes place in the large intestine?
A
a. Water is removed from to undigested foods
B. Enzymes are added to complete chemical digestion
C. Left over nutrients are further absorbed through villi
D. Vitamin K is produced
8
Q
- About have of the different_______ that makes proteins are made inside the body .
A
Amino acids
9
Q
- One of the roles of the _________ is to prepare waste material for elimination.
A
Large instestine
10
Q
- Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine.
A
Small intestine
11
Q
- Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stay the waves of muscles contraction known as absorption
A
Peristalsis
12
Q
- Digestion begins in the stomach.
A
Mouth
13
Q
- Bacteria in the esophagus makes vitamin K
A
Small intestine
14
Q
- The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules is mechanical digestion
A
Chemical