Bowen_wyatt Test Digestive system

Question 1

1. Where does the alimentary canal end.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Saliva

Question 3

9. What is bolus

Answer 3

It is food is called after its been partially broken down in the mouth

Question 4

10. What organ store bile

Answer 4

Gallbladder

Question 5

14. What digestive organ releases enzymes that help break down starches, proteins, and fats in the small intestines

Answer 5

Panceas

Question 6

17. What are the sharp teeth used for tearing

Answer 6

Canines

Question 7

19. Why do we need to break apart the food we eat.

Answer 7

So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food.

Question 8

25. Where does digestion begin

Answer 8

Mouth

Question 9

29. What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus

Answer 9

Peristalsis

Question 10

31. The process by which waste is eliminated is

Answer 10

Defecation

Question 11

32. What substance coats and protects the inside of the stomach

Answer 11

Mucus

Question 12

33. What is chyme

Answer 12

It is what food is called after it’s been digestive by the stomach

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Small intestine

Question 14

35. Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through tiny structures called

Answer 14

Villi

Question 15

36. The ______ stores bile and releases it through a tube into small intestine

Answer 15

Gallbladder

Question 16

38. About half of the different _____ that makes up proteins are made inside the body.

Answer 16

Vitamins

Question 17

39. The breakdown of complex food molecules into similar molecules is mechanical digestion

Answer 17

F, chemical

Question 18

40. Chemical reactions in the body take place in the nutrient know as water

Answer 18

T

Question 19

41. Bacteria in the esophagus make vitamin K

Answer 19

F.

Large intestine

Question 20

42. Digestive system begins in the stomach.

Answer 20

F. Mouth

Question 21

44. Most chemical digestion takes place in large intestine.

Answer 21

F. Small

Question 22

45. Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contractions know as absorption.

Answer 22

F.

Question 23

48. What is peristalsis. Give letters of two organs in which ot occurs

Answer 23

Small intestine, large intestine, esophagus, stomach

Question 24

54. Name the structures that line organs C and decribe their function

Answer 24

Villi

Question 25

55. Identify organ D and give its function

Answer 25

Organ D is the gallbladder. It starts bile produced by the liver and passes.

Question 26

57. Give the letter and name of the organ through which food is adsorb

Answer 26

C the small intestine

Question 27

58. Identify organ A and its function

Answer 27

A is the liver, which produces bile that helps to break fat down into smaller particles.

Question 28

46. Give the letters and names of the two organs shown in the diagram through which food does not travel

Answer 28

Pancreas

Question 29

51. Identify structures A through G

Answer 29

51. A, esophagus, B, stomach, C, pancreas, D rectum, E small intestine, F, large intestine, G, liver

Question 30

56. What specifically is the name of the area of organ C shown? In general, could organ C perform its function without organ B? Explain

Answer 30

56. C - Duodenum pf the small intestine, B is the pancreas, which produces enzymes that acid in chemical digestion. Without those enzymes, chemical digestion, could not be completed so c, the small intestine, would be unable to absorb small nutrient molecules into the blood stream