1. What is the digestive system? The body's breathing system The body's system of nerves The body's food-processing system The body's blood-transporting system
2. Digestion begins in the mouth. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
The tongue aids in the digestion of the food.
The saliva changes some of the starches in the food to sugar.
The tongue keeps the food in place in the mouth while the food is being chewed.
The digestive juices can react more easily with the food when chewed.
3. Where does food pass through between the mouth and the stomach? The gullet The rectum The small intestine The large intestine
4. Our throat divides into two …show more content…
Digestion takes place in a long tube-like canal called the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract. Food travels through these organs in the following order:
Mouth, gullet, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum
Mouth, stomach, oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
Mouth, stomach, gullet, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
11. Which of the following does NOT manufacture digestive juices? Liver Kidneys Stomach Pancreas
12. The liver is located in the abdomen and performs many functions. Which of the following is NOT a function of the liver? Storing food Manufacturing insulin Producing digestive juices Healing itself when it is damaged
1.
A disorder of bone formation in which there is a lack of normal calcium salt deposits and a decrease in bone protein is called _________________.
2.
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder.
A.
True
B.
False
3.
___________________ is a disorder where there is an increased breakdown of bone tissue without an increase in the deposit of new bone by osteoblasts, thus causing the bones to break