1. What does the liver do to help digestion? a. Makes important enzymes b. Neutralizes stomach acid c. Produces bile d. Regulates insulin 2. Which of the following is a function of the gall bladder? a. Produces bile c. Stores and concentrates bile b. Stores crystals d. Produces cholecystokinin 3. Where does most of the digestive process take place? a. Stomach b. Large intestine c. Liver d. Small Intestine 4. How does food move through your digestive tract? a. By gravity b. By cilia c. By wavelike muscle contraction d. By chemical absorption 5. After food is chewed it passes to the a. small intestines c. large intestines b. esophagus d. stomach 6. The organ where digestion and respiration cross is the a. Mouth b. Nose c. Pharynx d. Gall bladder 7. Which of the following processes turns food into a new form that cells can use? a, chewing or mastication c. Peristalsis b. Churning process d. Enzyme action 8. From the esophagus the food enters into the a. small intestines b. cecum C. stomach d. pancreas 9. Food that mixed with gastric acid is now called a. enzymes b. acid c. chime d. bile 10. Which of these enzymes is not found in the small intestine? a. Ptyalin b. Nuclease c. Amino peptidases d. Steapsin 11. The salivary enzyme that partially digests carbohydrates. a. Pepsin b. Ptyalin c. Amylopsin d. Steapsin 12. This is a long tube, twisting tube that runs from the mouth to the anus a. small intestines b. digestive system c. esophagus d. appendix 13. The first part of small intestine is called the a. duodenum b. cecum c. ileum d. jejunum 14. These are naturally occurring compounds that have the ability to neutralize unstable free radicals that can cause cellular damage. a. Probiotics b. Antioxidants c. Minerals d. EFA 15. Food poisoning is caused by eating contaminated food. How can it be prevented? a. Cooking meat and poultry thoroughly b. Washing fruits and vegetables before eating or cooking them c. Storing food properly d. All of the above 16. Which of these best maintains intestinal health? a. Starches b. Vitamins c. Fiber d. Fat 17. Microbes are a. proteins that further help to break down food particles. b. enzymes C. glands d. bacteria 18. This is produced in the liver and then it is stored in the gall bladder. a, bile b. enzymes c. microbes d. acid 19. The exit point for fecal materials, a. anus b. colon C. rectum d. appendix 20. The organ where final digestion and absorption of food takes place. a. large intestine b. small intestine c. rectum d. stomach 21. The small fingerlike organ located where the small and large intestines join. a. Sphincter muscle b. Appendix c. Epiglottis d. Ileum 22. An enzyme that is secreted by the chief cells in the stomach and break down protein to small polypeptides a. pepsin b. trypsin c. bile d. nuclease 23. An enzyme in the pancreatic juice that will act on nucleic acid - rich foods that will break them down to nucleotide a, pepsin b. trypsin c. bile d. nuclease 24. Which of the following organic nutrients is not absorbed by capillaries in the intestinal villi? a. Glucose b. Amino acid c. Galactose d. Maltose 25. The fluid in your mouth is called a. enzyme b. saliva c. blle d. chime
