Title: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
1DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
2What is the general function of the digestive
system?
3Which is chemical and which is mechanical
digestion?
- Breaking down food into smaller bits
- Mixing food with substances to make it digestible.
4Which of these are alimentary canal structures
and which are accessory organs?
- Large intestine, small intestine, kidney, liver,
pancreas, stomach, gall bladder, esophagus, teeth
5What is the difference between the alimentary
canal and accessory organ?
6List, in order, the six general sections of the
alimentary canal.
7What is saliva and what are the names of the
three glands that make it?
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8What enzyme is released by the salivary glands
that begins carbohydrate digestion and where does
it begin?
9What are the parts of the tooth?
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10Match these words with their function
deglutition, mastication, maceration,
segmentation, haustral churning
- Chewing, peristalsis in the small intestine,
peristalsis in the large intestine, swallowing,
stomach churning
11Where is the fundus in the stomach?
What is a sphincter?
What is the pylorus?
What is rugae?
12What is the name of the acid of gastric
juice?What is the name of the substance that
begins protein digestion?
13Which of these organs secretes bile?Stomach,
kidney, liver, pancreasWhere is it stored?
14What digestive function does the pancreas have?
15What is the function of bile?
16Which of these organs have haustra?
- Stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large
intestine, liver, pancreas
17Which is the middle section of the small
intestine? What happens there?
18Which part of the large intestine is shaped like
an S?
- Descending, ascending, cecum, sigmoid, rectum,
anus
19List, in order, the sections of the large
intestine.
20What is an ulcer, where can it occur and how is
it treated?
21What organ can get cirrhosis and what is it?
22What organ can get hepatitis and what is it?