digestive system interactive game

Digestive System Interactive Quiz

EASY ROUNDto swallow

D. Kidney

C. Mouth

B. Liver

A. Pancreas

1. All are parts of the Digestive System Except:

2. What is the absorptive agent that is found inside the small intestine?

A. Microfilament

B. Microvilli

C. microtubules

D. myosin

3. All are essential activities in the Digestive System, except:

A. Propulsion

B. Ingestion

C. depletion

D. defecation

4. Where does absorption end?

D. large intestine

A. anus

B. mouth

C. small intestine

5. Which organ system enables the breaking of food into smaller fragments.

A. Circulatory System

B. Digestive System

C. Lymphatic System

D. Endocrine System

6. This is simply taking food into the digestive tract, usually via the mouth.

D. ingestion

A. propulsion

B. peristalsis

C. mechanical breakdown

7. Which is not an accessory organ of the Digestive System?

D. teeth

C. salivary glands

B. stomach

A. tongue

8. This is the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach.

D. appendix

C. pharynx

B. Liver

A. esophagus

9. This is also known as the Oral Cavity.

D. small intestine

C. pharynx

B. Mouth

A. Esophagus

10. Which is not one of the functions of saliva?

D. Dissolves food chemicals

C. Absorb oxygen

B. Begins the breakdown of starch

A. Cleanses the mouth

AVERAGE ROUND appetizing

 1. This carbohydrate begins chemical digestion in the mouth

B. starch

C. fatA. fiber

D. sugar

2. This organ prevents food and/or drink from entering the trachea

C. Cardiac Sphincter

D. Pyloric Sphincter

B. Epiglottis

A. Tonsils

A. peristalsis C. gastric juice

D. bolus B. chyme

 3. A moist ball made up of chewed up food and saliva

A. fiber C. starch

B. sugar D. protein

4. One of the three basic foods types; needed for building and repair of tissue in the body. Found in beef, egg whites,

nuts, and pork.

B. chyme

A. bolus C. peristalsis

D. amylase

5. A pulpy mixture of food and gastric juices. Produced in the stomach, from

which it passes into the small intestine.

A. Pyloric Sphincter

B. Esophageal Sphincter

D. Rectal Sphincter

C. Epiglottis Sphincter

6. The sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach is the _____

A. benedicts

B. amylase

C. lugols

D. pepsin

7. An enzyme in the stomach that breaks down protein.

A. heartburn

B. peristalsis D. chyme

C. an ulcer

8. A small hole in the lining of the stomach, caused in spots where there is no mucus and the gastric juice begins to

digest the stomach wall is called

B. fats

A. fiber

D. protein

C. vitamins

9. An indigestible carbohydrate such as cellulose that stimulates peristalsis in the

intestine.

A. Lugols

B. gastric

juiceD. vitamins

C. Benedicts

10. A liquid that includes hydrochloric acid and pepsin and that is responsible for the

chemical digestion of protein in the stomach.

DIFFICULT ROUNDto digest and absorb

1.When we ingest large molecules such as lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins, they must undergo catabolic reactions whereby enzymes split these molecules. This series of reactions is called ________. 

A) absorption 

B) secretion 

C) chemical digestion 

D) mechanical digestion

A) muscularis externa, serosa, mucosa, and submucosa 

B) serosa, mucosa, submucosa, and muscularis externa 

C) submucosa, serosa, muscularis externa, and mucosa

D) mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and serosa

2. From the esophagus to the anal canal, the walls of every organ of the alimentary canal are made up of the same four basic layers. Arrange them in order from the lumen. 

A) crown 

B) enamel 

C) pulp 

D) cementum

3. What part of the tooth bears the force of chewing? 

4.Which of the following is not true of saliva? 

A) cleanses the mouth

B) contains enzymes that begin the breakdown of proteins

C) moistens food and aids in compacting of the bolus 

D) dissolves food chemicals so they can be tasted

5.The salivary glands are composed of which two types of secretory cells? 

A) goblet cells and squamous epithelial cells 

B) parietal cells and glial cells 

C) serous cells and mucous cells 

D) cuboidal epithelium and ciliated columnar cells

6. Chyme is created in the ________. 

A) mouth 

B) stomach 

C) esophagus

D) small intestine

7. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by which of the secretory cells of the stomach? 

A) chief cells 

B) parietal cells 

C) serous cells 

D) mucous neck cells

8. Pepsinogen, a digestive enzyme, is secreted by the ________. 

A) chief cells of the stomach

B) parietal cells of the duodenum 

C) Brunner's glands 

D) goblet cells of the small intestine

A) gastrin 

D) trypsin

C) cholecystokinin 

B) amylase 

9. You have just eaten a meal high in complex carbohydrates. Which of the following enzymes will help to digest the meal? 

D) denatured

 C) hydrolysis 

B) active transport

A) diffusion 

10. The enzymatic breakdown of any type of food molecule is called ________. 

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