Digestive System Quiz

Almost 10 inches long, this structure connects the mouth to the stomach. What is it?

• ileum

• esophagus

• epiglottis

• appendix

What is the name of the organ that is the size of a tennis ball but can expand to the size of a football?

• pancreas

• lung

• intestines

• stomach

What is the name of the tissue that closes off the windpipe when you swallow so you do not choke?

• epiglottis

• esophagus

• ileum

• appendix

One of the following organs uses acid that is strong enough to dissolve a nail to break in its process of breaking down food into nutrients. What is it?

• intestines

• pharynx

• stomach

• gallbladder

Approximately 21 feet in length, this organ takes the broken down food and helps move it into the blood stream by way of villi. What is the organ?

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach

• liver

What is the name of the organ that releases insulin, a hormone that is used to lower blood sugar and store unused sugar as fat?

• gall bladder

• liver

• pancreas

• appendix

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You cannot live completely without this organ because it produces bile, stores glycogen and helps to detox the body. What is it?

• gall bladder

• liver

• pancreas

• ileum

This organ soaks up water, salts and moves undigested fiber or wastes out of the body. What is it?

• small intestine

• pancreas

• stomach

• large intestine

Digestion begins in the ______.

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Gallbladder

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Absorption of nutrients happens through small finger-like structures called ________.

• sphincters

• enzymes

• lipids

• villi