Human Digestive System: Basic
The process of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food through the Digestive Tract is called?
Ingestion
Peristalsis
Enterohepatic circulation
Gastro Reflex
Which acid does the Stomach produce?
Citric Acid
Lactic Acid
Sulphuric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid
Where does the digestion of food first start?
Stomach
Small Intestine
Esophagus
Mouth
What protects the Stomach lining from the Hydrochloric acid?
Mucus
Gastric Juice
Bicarbonates
Water
What does the Liver produce to digest fat in the food?
Lipase
Insulin
Pepsin
Bile Juice
Which organ stores the Bile Juice?
Liver
Pancreas
Gall Bladder
Bile Duct
Which part of the Digestive System reabsorbs water from the undigested food to form Feces?
Rectum
Villi
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Organs that help in digestion but are not a part of the Digestive Tract are called?
Vestigial organ
Accessory organ
What do the enzymes produced by the Salivary Glands break down?
Proteins
Proteins and Fats
Starch and Fats
Starch
The soft round mixture of food and saliva that passes though the Esophagus is called?
Cecum
Chyme
Bolus
Chyle
What is the semi-digested food that passes from the Stomach to the Small Intestine called?
Chyle
Chyme
In which part of the digestive tract is food mixed with the digestive juices from Pancreas, Liver and the Intestine?
Rectum
Large Intestine
Small Intestine
Stomach
Where does most of the food digestion take place?
Small Intestine
Mouth
Stomach
Large Intestine
What are the finger-like projections in the Small Intestine called?
Fimbriae
Villi
Pili
Ileum