This document contains a quiz on the digestive system with three rounds of multiple choice questions: Easy, Average, and Difficult. The quiz covers topics like the major organs of the digestive system, their functions, enzymes, and processes like ingestion, digestion, absorption and more. It begins with basic identifying questions and progresses to more complex questions testing understanding of the structure and processes of the digestive system.

1. Digestive System Interactive
Quiz

2. EASY ROUND

3. D. Kidney
C. Mouth
B. Liver
A. Pancreas
1. All are parts of the Digestive System Except:

4. 2. What is the absorptive agent that is found inside the
small intestine?
A. Microfilament
B. Microvilli
C. microtubules
D. myosin

5. 3. All are essential activities in the Digestive System,
except:
A. Propulsion
B. Ingestion
C. depletion
D. defecation

6. 4. Where does absorption end?
D. large intestine
A. anus
B. mouth
C. small intestine

7. 5. Which organ system enables the breaking of food into
smaller fragments.
A. Circulatory System
B. Digestive System
C. Lymphatic System
D. Endocrine System

8. 6. This is simply taking food into the digestive tract,
usually via the mouth.
D. ingestion
A. propulsion
B. peristalsis
C. mechanical breakdown

9. 7. Which is not an accessory organ of the Digestive
System?
D. teeth
C. salivary glands
B. stomach
A. tongue

10. 8. This is the tube that leads from the mouth through
the throat to the stomach.
D. appendix
C. pharynx
B. Liver
A. esophagus

11. 9. This is also known as the Oral Cavity.
D. small intestine
C. pharynx
B. Mouth
A. Esophagus

12. 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

13. AVERAGE ROUND 

14. 1. This carbohydrate begins chemical
digestion in the mouth
B. starch
C. fatA. fiber
D. sugar

15. 2. This organ prevents food and/or drink
from entering the trachea
C. Cardiac Sphincter
D. Pyloric Sphincter
B. Epiglottis
A. Tonsils

16. A. peristalsis C. gastric juice
D. bolusB. chyme
3. A moist ball made up of chewed up food
and saliva

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. A. Pyloric Sphincter
B. Esophageal Sphincter
D. Rectal Sphincter
C. Epiglottis Sphincter
6. The sphincter between the esophagus
and the stomach is the _____

20. A. benedicts
B. amylase
C. lugols
D. pepsin
7. An enzyme in the stomach that breaks
down protein.

21. 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

22. B. fats
A. fiber
D. protein
C. vitamins
9. An indigestible carbohydrate such as
cellulose that stimulates peristalsis in the
intestine.

23. A. Lugols
B. gastric juice D. 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.

24. DIFFICULT
ROUND

25. 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

26. 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.

27. A) crown
B) enamel
C) pulp
D)
cementum
3. What part of the tooth bears the force of
chewing?

28. 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

29. 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

30. 6. Chyme is created in the
________.
A) mouth
B) stomach
C) esophagus
D) small
intestine

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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?

34. D)
denatured
C)
hydrolysis
B) active
transport
A) diffusion
10. The enzymatic breakdown of any
type of food molecule is called ________.

35. WELL DONE,
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