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True or False?Question 1

The job of the digestive system is to break food down so that our bodies can use it as fuel or energy.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 2

The intestines form a continuous tube that is about 2 m long in adults.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 3

Food starts to be broken down in the stomach.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 4

Digestion requires both chemical and physical action on the ingested food.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 5

The intestines are home to more than 500 species of bacteria.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 6

Once digested, nutrients are absorbed into tiny blood vessels within the villi, which are tiny fingerlike structures that project from the lining of the small intestine.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 7

The Esosophagus is the name of the tube which connects the mouth to the stomach.

TRUE or FALSE

True or False?Question 8

Blood vessels in the small intestine carry away nutrients.

TRUE or FALSE

Multiple choiceQuestion 1

Which of the following is not a function of salivary glands?

a)       start digestion of proteinsb)       helps bind food particlesc)       secrete salivad)       makes taste possible

Multiple choiceQuestion 2

Which of the following is not a function of the stomach?

a)       receives foodb)       mixes food with gastric juicec)       carries out limited amount of

absorptiond)       moves food into the large intestine

Multiple choiceQuestion 3

The function of the liver is to

a)       metabolize carbohydrates, lipids and proteinsb)       filtration of bloodc)       detoxification of chemicalsd)       all of the above

Multiple choiceQuestion 4

The parts of the small intestine (start with the part closest to the stomach) are

a)       duodenum, jejunum, ileumb)       duodenum, ileum, jejunumc)       ileum, jejunum, duodenumd)       ileum, duodenum, jejunum

Multiple choiceQuestion 5

Which of the following is not a source of carbohydrates?

a)       starchb)       amino acidsc)       glycogend)       disaccharides

Multiple choiceQuestion 6

The digestive enzyme pepsin secreted by gastric glands begins the digestion of

a)       carbohydratesb)       proteinc)       fat

Multiple choiceQuestion 7

The digestive juice product containing enzymes capable of digesting all 4 major foodstuff categories is

a)       pancreaticb)       gastricc)       salivaryd)       biliary

Multiple choiceQuestion 8

What chemical regulates blood sugar?

a)       Insulinb)       Cholesterolc)       Pancreas