Test - Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
- Where does the alimentary canal end?
A
The large intestine
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2
Q
- What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
A
Peristalsis
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3
Q
- What digestive organ releases enzymes that help break down starches, proteins, and fats in the small intestine?
A
Pancreas
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4
Q
- Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?
A
Proteins
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5
Q
- One of the roles of which organ is to prepare waste material for elimination?
A
The large intestine
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6
Q
32.About half of the different what that make up proteins are made inside the body?
A
Amino acids
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7
Q
- Bacteria in the large intestine made which vitamin?
A
K
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8
Q
- Name the structures that line the small intestine and describe their function
A
Villi, absorbs nutrients, pass through the villi into the blood stream
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9
Q
- Could the small intestine do its function without the pancreas?
A
No bc the pancreas does a lot in the digestive system
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10
Q
- Chemical reactions take place in the nutrient known as..
A
Water
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11
Q
- What do teeth do in mechanical digestion?
A
Incisors cut and tear, canines tear food into smaller pieces, molars crush and grind food
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