Digestive Systems

Which best describes the way the digestive and muscular systems are related?

• Swallowed food is pushed through the esophagus.

• The swallowed food provides support for the muscular system.

• The digestive system is responsible for movement to help the muscular system.

How does the skeletal system depend on the digestive system?

• The digestive system protects the skeletal system.

• The digestive system provides nutrients for strong bones.

• The digestive system works with the skeletal system to move the body.

What are the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus called to help food move along?

• swallowing

• peristalsis

• inertia contractions

• paralysis

This is fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder to help digest lipids and neutralize stomach acid.

• Dialysis

• Bile

• Arteries

• Nephron

True or False: The muscle movement/contraction that moves food through the digestive tract is called peristalsis.

• True

• False

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The product of food in the mouth just BEFORE it enters the esophagus

• chyme

• bolus

• saliva

• villi

What is the function of the digestive system?

• Removal of liquid waste

• Maintain body temperature & hormone levels

• Delivers food to your brain

• Changes food into minerals & nutrients that are absorbed into bloodstream

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The stomach helps to digest food with _______ processes.

• Chemical

• Physical (mechanical)

• Both (chemical & mechanical)

• Neither

What is the function of the small intestine in the digestive system?

• Absorption of minerals & nutrients

• Exchange oxygen & carbon dioxide

• Deliver nutrients to the cells

• Control all aspects of body movement

Which of these activities is NOT related to the digestive system?

• Absorbing nutrients into the bloodstream from the small intestine

• Breaking down food particles into smaller particles

• Moving solid waste through the body to get rid of it

• Delivering nutrients to the cells via the bloodstream