yelverton_kay - Test - Digestive System

Question 0

3. Where does the digestion of carbohydrates begin?

Answer 0

Teeth/mouth

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Question 1

2. What structure(s) enable(s) the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

Answer 1

Villi

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Question 2

12. What are the six nutrients of the body?

Answer 2

Minerals, water, fats, vitamins, carbohydrates, and proteins

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Question 3

21. Where is the most amount of water absorbed?

Answer 3

Large intestine

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Question 4

22. What substance in the mouth contains an enzyme that begins chemical digestion

Answer 4

Saliva

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Question 5

23. What organ stores bile?

Answer 5

gallbladder

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Question 6

29. Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?

Answer 6

Proteins

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Question 7

31. Describe the crown of the tooth.

Answer 7

An enamel that is part of the basic structure of the tooth

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Question 8

36. Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through structures. What are those structures called?

Answer 8

Villi

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Question 9

37. What internal organ has the role for preparing waste materials for elimination

Answer 9

Large intestine

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Question 10

40. What is the breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler molecules called?

Answer 10

Chemical digestion

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Question 11

41. Water from the digestive system is absorbed in what organ?

Answer 11

Large intestine

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Question 12

42. Chemical reactions in the body take place in what nutrient?

Answer 12

Water

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Question 13

44. Most chemical digestion takes place in what organ?

Answer 13

Small intestine

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Question 14

46. What is the function of the liver?

Answer 14

Produces bile to break down fat

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Question 15

47. What is the structure that covers the inside of the small intestine?

Answer 15

Villi. Nutrient molecules pass into cells they provide a large surface area for absorption.

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Question 16

49. What is the name for the place where most chemical digestion takes place

Answer 16

The small intestine

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Question 17

50. Describe the duodenum.

Answer 17

Pancreas produces enzymes that help in chemical digestion, without those enzymes, chemical digestion couldn’t be completed so the small intestine would be unable to absorb nutrient molecules into the bloodstream.

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Question 18

55. What does the esophagus do?

Answer 18

It carries food from the mouth to the stomach

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Question 19

51. What is the organ where food is digested and nutrients are absorbed

Answer 19

Small intestine

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Question 20

53. Describe the small and large intestines and compare

Answer 20

Small intestine - small in diameter, chemical digestion, absorbs nutrients
Large Intestine - wide diameter, absorbs water

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