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Quiz – The Digestive System
Directions – Complete the following quiz using your discovery education website along
with keynote “The Digestive System”.
1) What is the function of the alimentary canal in animals?
A) to take in food and water and excrete wastes
B) to secrete hormones that regulate bodily functions
C) to send and receive messages
D) to regulate and maintain homeostasis
2) The esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, gall bladder, pancreas, and liver
are all a part of which body system?
A) excretory
B) endocrine
C) integumentary
D) digestive
3) Which body system breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed into the
body?
A) excretory
B) circulatory
C) digestive
D) lymphatic
4) The stomach is an organ that is a part of which body system?
A) excretory
B) digestive
C) circulatory
D) integumentary
5) When you eat food, the process of digestion begins in the:
A) stomach
B) mouth
C) small intestine
D) esophagus
6) What is the name of the tube through which food passes as it is digested?
A) alimentary canal
B) aorta
C) vena cava
D) xylem
7) Which part of the digestive system is the location where most nutrients are absorbed
into the bloodstream?
A) esophagus
B) stomach
C) small intestine
D) large intestine
8) Which list below indicates the correct order that food moves through the alimentary
canal?
A) mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
B) mouth, stomach, small intestine, esophagus, large intestine
C) mouth, large intestine, small intestine, esophagus, stomach
D) mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine