Digestive System Quiz

• Digestive System


  Process of reducing food particles into soluble particles or molecules for the absorption of the human body:
• Mechanical Digestion


  Break down of food into tiny pieces without changing the chemical nature of the food-without the action of enzymes (chewing of food in the mouth):
• Chemical Digestion


  Involves the action of enzymes in breaking down food into smaller and simpler molecules:
• Licking


  Involved in mechanical digestion
• Probiotics


  In the chemical digestion, enzymatic reactions is involved to improve digestion
• Pharynx


  Which part at the back of the throat connects the nose and mouth to the digestive and respiratory tracts
• Esophagus


  Which is a passage way that leads to the stomach
• Three days


  The cells of the stomach wall are short lived and are replaced about every?
• 22-25 feet or 7.6m


  The small intestine is as long as about:
• Appendix


  Are the main section of the small Intestine
• Large Intestine and Colon


  Absorbs the water and minerals into blood and prepares feces to leave the body:
• Sismoid Colon


  Are the section of the large intestine
• Appendix


  Which is a blind pouch; a vestigal projection; a worm like accessory structure
• Rectum


  Which portion of the large intestine is used for storage of stool ready for disposal
• The following are accessory organs of the digestive system:

  • Pancreas
  • Liver
  • Gall bladder
  • Jejunum (not part)
  • Appendix (not part)
• Liver


  Which directly affects digestion of fats by producing bile:
• Gall bladder


  Releases bile into the small Intestine
• Pancreas


  Produces digestive enzymes to digest fats, carbohydrates, proteins, and insulin:
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease


  The medical term for chronic heartburn is GERD which means:
• Dyspepsia


  Refers to pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen, where the stomach is found: