Med Term Digestive System

What is this organ?

• Liver

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Stomach

What is this organ (the one in red)?

• Pancreas

• Kidney

• Liver

• Stomach

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What is the process of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food through the digestive tract?

• Pericardium

• Peristalsis

• Pepsin

• Pericoronitis

Where does absorption primarily take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall bladder

Where is bile produced?

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Small intestine

What is the term given to a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth?

• Peristalsis

• Mucus

• Epiglottis

• Bolus

What is the acidic fluid that passes from the stomach following churning?

• Bolus

• Chyme

• Hydrochloric acid

• Enzymes

What are these structures call that are found on the lining of the small intestine?

• Gallbladder

• Villi

• Sphincter

• Duodenum

Identify what part of the digestive system is described in the following statement below.

"Stores food, and mixes it with gastric acid."

• Oesophagus

• Stomach

• Rectal Cavity

• Oral Cavity

What mechanical digestion is.

• Where you replace part of your digestive tract with complex machinery

• The act of drinking special chemicals after a meal to aid your digestion

• The process of physically breaking up food into smaller pieces

• The process of converting large complex food molecules into simpler molecules