DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the 4 phases of processing food in your body?
Ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination
What is digestion?
The process that breaks down food into small molecules so they can move into the
blood stream
What does food pass through?
Digestive tract
What are the major organs of the digestive tract?
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus
What are the 3 oragans that food does not pass through, but store enzymes &
chemicals that help break down food as it passes through the digestive tract?
Liver, pancreas and gallbladder
What are enzymes?
Molecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in your body
Where does mechanical digestion take place?
It takes place when food is chewed and mixed in the mouth and churned in your
stomach
Chemical digestion uses acids and enzymes to break down large molecules of
food into smaller ones. Where does this take place?
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the 4 phases of processing food in your body?
Ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination
What is digestion?
The process that breaks down food into small molecules so they can move into the
blood stream
What does food pass through?
Digestive tract
What are the major organs of the digestive tract?
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus
What are the 3 oragans that food does not pass through, but store enzymes &
chemicals that help break down food as it passes through the digestive tract?
Liver, pancreas and gallbladder
What are enzymes?
Molecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in your body
Where does mechanical digestion take place?
It takes place when food is chewed and mixed in the mouth and churned in your
stomach
Chemical digestion uses acids and enzymes to break down large molecules of
food into smaller ones. Where does this take place?
