The Digestive System

Question 1

How do nutrients get from the small intestine into the bloodstream?

Answer 1

It diffuses through the small intestine wall

Question 2

In humans, what is the digestive tract made of?

Answer 2

The mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus

Question 3

What are the accessory organs of the digestive system?

Answer 3

The gallbladder, pancreas, and liver

Question 4

What are the muscles in the esophagus called?

Answer 4

Smooth muscle tissue

Question 5

What are the nerves in the stomach for?

Answer 5

Telling us when we’ve had enough to eat

Question 6

What are the two functions of mucus?

Answer 6

1. Protecting the digestive tube from digestive enzymes
2. Allowing material to pass smoothly along the tube

Question 7

What are the two ways the mouth breaks down food?

Answer 7

Mechanically with the teeth and tongue, and chemically with chemicals called enzymes that break apart the molecules of foo

Question 8

What do goblet cells do?

Answer 8

Secrete mucus

Question 9

What do the liver, pancreas, and the gallbladder provide to help with the digestion of food?

Answer 9

Enzymes

Question 10

What does bile help with?

Answer 10

The breakdown of fats in our food

Question 11

What does insulin do?

Answer 11

It regulates the concentration of glucose in the body

Question 12

What does the digestive system do?

Answer 12

It takes in food, digests it, and excretes the remaining waste

Question 13

What enzyme does the pancreas produce?

Answer 13

Insulin

Question 14

What fluid does the liver produce?

Answer 14

Bile

Question 15

What happens with the remaining solid matter?

Answer 15

It is excreted as feces from the anus

Question 16

What is colitis?

Answer 16

A disease that is from the epithelial tissue lining the colon (large intestine) becoming enflamed and stops wroking properly

Question 17

What is diabetes?

Answer 17

A disease in which the pancreas produces too much or too little insulin

Question 18

What is happening in your body when you have vomiting or diarrhea?

Answer 18

Your body recognizes the presence of toxins, and your digestive tract responds by attempting to remove the toxins rapidly

Question 19

What is saliva produced by?

Answer 19

Cells in the epithelial tissue that lines the mouth

Question 20

What is the contraction and relaxation of the esophagus controlled by?

Answer 20

Nerve cells

Question 21

What is the digestive system made up of?

Answer 21

The digstive tract and accessory organs

Question 22

What is the entire length of the digestive tract lined with?

Answer 22

Epithelial tissue

Question 23

What is the esophagus?

Answer 23

A muscular tube connecting your mouth to your stomach

Question 24

What is the main function of the stomach?

Answer 24

To hold food and churn it to continue the process of digestion

Question 25

What is the part of the digestive tract located between the stomach and the anus?

Answer 25

The intestine

Question 26

What part of the intestine does most of the digestion occur?

Answer 26

The small intestine

Question 27

Where is the food passed along to after it is broken up and softened with saliva?

Answer 27

The esophagus