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HBS 3.2 Study Guide: The Digestive System
HBS 3.2 Study Guide: The Digestive System
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Study guide for Human Body Systems Unit 3.2.
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How do enzymes assist the process of digestion?
Helps speed up or initiate chemical reactions in digestion.
Digestive acids in the stomach break down the nutrients.
Saliva amylase is secreted to begin the breakdown of starch.
All of the above.
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What is the function of the large intestines?
Reabsorbs water.
All of the above
Contain colonies of digestive bacteria.
Produce and store feces.
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How does the digestive system assist in maintaining water balance in the body?
The hypothalamus makes changes to maintain a water balance.
By absorbing water from the digestive tract
All of the above.
By absorbing water through the large intestine.
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What is ATP?
Aero tri-phonoshpere
Adenosine triphosphate
All true people
The energy molecule used by our bodies to build up tissues
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What is the stomach?
A bag where food is stored.
Sac in which foods are broken down into nutrients.
Place in the body where fats are stored.
None of the above.
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What is the esophagus?
A hollow tube that pushes food & water to the stomach.
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Another name for the throat.
A hollow tube that sends air to the lungs.
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What is BMR?
Babies making riddles
Basal metabolic rate
Boats make rows
Blocker minutes rye
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What are the health risks associated with being overweight or underweight?
Amenorrhea (loss of periods for women)
Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
Anemia & nutrient deficiencies
Type II Diabetes
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Which body systems are affected when a person is overweight or underweight?
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Immune System
Skeletal System
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What is the gallbladder?
Stores urine inside the body until secretion.
Sac to pass bile into the small intestine to break down fats
Sac that creates nutrients in the live for digestion.
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What is the function of the liver during digestion?
All of the above.
Collects food from the stomach.
Sends nutrients to the esophagus.
Produce bile needed for digestion.
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What are salivary glands?
Exocrine glands that secrete saliva to break down food.
Tiny holes in the mouth that release water.
None of the above.
Glands that release sweat outside the body
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How does the small intestine increase its surface area?
alveoli
villi
microvilli
acid
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True or False: Accessory Organs include teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver and pancreas
True
False
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How is energy released from ATP?
By breaking chemical bonds that give off energy.
All of the above.
By gaining a phosphate group and turning into ATTP
By losing a phosphate group and turning into ADP
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What is the pharynx?
None of the above.
An Egyptian dog.
A pathway in the throat for food and air to pass.
A tube that connects the digestive and respiratory systems.
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What is a function of the digestive system?
Supply the body with oxygen
Break down food for energy
Cook food for energy
Absorb Vitamin D in the stomach
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What is BMI?
Bad men inquire
Babies make icecream
Bills makes impacts
Body mass index
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What is the function of pancreas in digestion?
Secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine.
Produce insulin to control blood sugar.
Break down nutrients in the stomach.
None of the above
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I bring it in and take it out. I slow it down and break it down. What am I?
Digestive System
Wave
Enzymes
Dancer
