Digestion Review

The taking in of food to your mouth is called _______________

• Digestion

• Ingestion

• Excretion

What part of your mouth breaks down food mechanically?

• Saliva

• Taste Buds

• Tounge

• Teeth

What is the food called once it has mixed with saliva, chewed, and ready to swallow?

• Spit

• Bolus

• Chime

• Vomit

What is the flap called that closes when you swallow that prevents your food from going down your wind pipe?

• Throat

• Esophagus

• Trachea

• Epiglottis

Biomolecules are broken down chemically with ___________.

• Saliva

• Chewing

• Stomach Acid

• Swallowing

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What is the liquid mixture called that food turns into when it has been churned in your stomach with acid and is ready to enter your small intestine?

• Bolus

• Chyme

• Epiglottis

• Bile

Which three locations does mechanical digestion occur in?

• Beginning of Small Intestine

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Mouth

Where does most nutrient absorption occur?

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

• Esophagus

• Small Intestine

How does the shape of the lining of the small intestine aid in its function?

What is the major role of the large intestine?

• Remove bolus

• Move chyme

• absorb water

• digest food