Digestive System

Digestive System 1

100

This is where fats are broken down

What is the small intestines?

200

This is the type(s) of digestion that occurs in the stomach

What is mechanical & chemical?

300

This organ blocks off the windpipe so food cannot get into it

What is the epiglottis?

400

True or False: Food passes through the pancreas before reaching the stomach.

False

500

HCL has a pH of _________.

2

Digestive System 2

100

The type(s) of digestion that occur(s) in the mouth and stomach.

What is mechanical & chemical digestion?

200

This is the type of digestion that occurs mainly in the small intestine.

What is chemical digestion?

300

This type of cell in the stomach makes pepsin.

A. Chief Cell

B. Parietal Cell

C. Neuroglial Cell

Chief Cell

400

This disorder causes severe abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and is thought to be an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the digestive tract.  Treatments include anti-inflammatory medications, immune suppressants, special diets, and surgery in severe cases.

A. Crohn's Disease

B. Gallstones

C. Peptic Ulcers

A. Crohn's Disease

500

This disorder causes burning stomach pain, nausea, indigestion and the pain worsens when stomach is empty.  Treatments include, antibiotics, acid-reducing medications and avoiding NSAIDs.

Peptic Ulcers

Digestive System 3

100

This is absorbed by the large intestine.

Water

200

Which is not a layer of the alimentary canal?

A. Mucosa

B. Submucosa

C. Serosa

D. Cortex

D. Cortex

300

The duodenum, jejunum, and the ilium are all parts of the _________________.

small intestine

400

This organ connects the mouth to the stomach.

Esophagus

500

This organ functions to roll food into a bolus, push food to the back of the throat, and helps make constant sounds.

tongue

Digestive System 4

100

This is the organ that stores bile.

What is the gallbladder?

200

This is the organ that produces bile.

What is the liver?

300

The salivary gland that is under the tongue is called the ___________ gland.

A. Submandibular

B. Sublingual

C. Parotid

B. Sublingual

400

A(n) _________ is the erosion of the lining of the alimentary canal.

ulcer

500

These are tiny finger-shaped structures that cover the inner part of the small intestine.

What are villi?

Digestive System 5

100

This enzyme chemically digests proteins in the stomach.

What is pepsin?

200

The process that breaks fats down into smaller fat globules and thereby helps break down fats.

A. pancreatitis 

B. Chemical Digestion

C. Emulsification

D. Peristalsis

C. Emulsification

300

After leaving the esophagus, food travels here.

What is the stomach?

400

This organ of the digestive system absorbs nutrients from food?

What is small intestine?

500

The involuntary contraction of muscle in the esophagus that helps move food toward the stomach.

What is peristalsis?