Digestive system

1. QUIZ 1
Digestive System

2. Answer the following in a ½
lengthwise.

3. A. MULTIPLE
CHOICE
Read and analyze the questions
carefully. You are only given 1
minute per question. Write the
letter of your answer.

4. 1. The system of the body concerned with
the digestion, absorption and elimination
of food and nutrients.
a. Digestive System
b. Circulatory system
c. Excretory system
d. Respiratory system

5. 2. The oral cavity or mouth has the following
function EXCEPT
a. Initial food digestion
b. Storage of food
c. Site for the beginning of digestion
d. Breakdown of food

6. 3. Mechanical digestion occurs in _____.
a. Mouth and stomach
b. Stomach and small intestine
c. Small and large intestine
d. Mouth and small intestine

7. 4. This are hair-like particles which are
responsible for the absorption of nutrients in
the small intestine.
a. Epiglottis
b. Salivary gland
c. Villi
d. Pancreas

8. 5. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the
alimentary canal?
a. Mouth, stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine,
anus
b. Esophagus, stomach, mouth, large intestine, small intestine,
anus
c. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
anus
d. Anus, large intestine, small intestine, stomach, esophagus,
mouth

9. 6. This is the site for storage of undigested
food and water.
a. Caecum
b. Rectum
c. Colon
d. Anus

10. 7. What is the function of the epiglottis?
a. Initial food digestion
b. Helps in digesting chyme by releasing
enzymes
c. Mixes food in the pharynx
d. Blocks the bolus from entering the
respiratory tract

11. 8. These are accessory organs helps in
digestion food by producing enzymes in the
mouth.
a. Pancreas
b. Liver
c. Salivary glands
d. Gallbladder

12. 9. The organ responsible for the complete
digestion of food is called ____.
a. Stomach
b. Small intestine
c. Large intestine
d. mouth

13. 10. This organ is where digestion begins.
a. Small intestine
b. Anal cavity
c. Oral cavity
d. Large intestine

14. 11. This is a sac where bile is stored in the liver.
a. Pancreas
b. Gallbladder
c. Parotid gland
d. None of the above

15. 12. It stops the chyme to back/upward from
stomach to the esophagus.
a. Cardiac sphincter
b. Pyloric sphincter
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

16. 13. This is cavity that excretes undigested food
out of the body.
a. Oral cavity
b. Anal cavity
c. Stomach
d. Esophagus

17. 14. Organs that are present to assist in the
digestion of food is called ________.
a. Alimentary canal
b. Accessory organs
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

18. 15. Form of digestion wherein an enzyme is
needed to fully digest food.
a. Chemical digestion
b. Mechanical digestion
c. Technical digestion
d. Partial digestion

19. B. ENUMERATION
Enumerate the following. Wrong
spelling is wrong.

20. 16-17. Salivary Glands
18-20. Accessory organs

21. C. ESSAY (31-40)
Explain how digestion happens.
(ingestion, Breakdown and
absorption, and excretion.