14b. Digestive Function
Quiz by Kelly Gallagher
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
13 questions
Show answers
- Q1The process of physically and chemically breaking food particles down is referred to as ____.digestioningestiondefecationabsorption30s
- Q2The process of chewing is known as ____.peristalsisdeglutitionsegmentationmastication30s
- Q3The active, voluntary process of placing food in one's mouth is ____.deglutitionmasticationingestiondefecation30s
- Q4The process of eliminating indigestible residues from the GI tract is called ____.segmentationdeglutitiondefecationmastication30s
- Q5When feces are forced into the rectum by mass movements and the wall of the rectum becomes stretched, the ____ reflex is initiated.suckingrootingenterogastricdefecation30s
- Q6____ refers to all chemical reactions necessary to maintain life.HomeostasisMetabolismDigestionNutrition30s
- Q7What is the purpose of mastication?to propel food from one digestive organ to the nextto chew, grind and tear food into smaller pieces while in the mouthto transport nutrients into the blood and lymphto eliminate undigested food wastes from the body45s
- Q8The sequence of steps by which large food molecules are broken down into their respective building blocks by catalytic enzymes is called ____.absorptioningestiondigestionpropulsion45s
- Q9The propulsive process that moves food from one organ to the next is called ____.absorptioningestionperistalsisdigestion45s
- Q10The process by which food within the small intestine is mixed with digestive juices by backward and forward movement across the internal wall of the organ is called ____.defecationperistalsissegmentationabsorption45s
- Q11Which of the following processes occurs last?propulsiondefecationingestionmastication45s
- Q12The process by which larger molecules or structures are built up from smaller ones is called ____.catabolismglycolysiscarbolysisanabolism45s
- Q13The process by which larger molecules are broken into their smaller, essential building blocks.metabolismindigestioncatabolismanabolism45s