Which part (A,B,C, D or E) is food being digested and passed into the blood vessels?
A B C D E
Answer: D (Small intestine)
In what way is a balloon like the stomach?
It is smaller when empty and expands when it is full.
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Which of the following does not take place in the mouth during digestion? Saliva makes the food soft enough to swallow. Our tongue shapes the food into a ball. Our teeth chop up the food into smaller pieces. Digested food is absorbed into the blood.
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When undigested food reaches the large intestine, ___________ is removed from it. Water Urine Carbon Dioxide Solid waste
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Name one function of the digestive system. Mouth, gullet, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and the anus. Heart, blood vessels, blood. Break down food into simple substances. Carry food, water and oxygen to all parts of the body.
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In the digestion process, food is broken down into simpler substances. In which part of the body is the digested food being absorbed into the blood?
Gullet Mouth Stomach Small Intestine
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In which part of the digestive system are the digestive juices found in the system? mouth and stomach small intestine and large intestine mouth, stomach and small intestine mouth, stomach, small intestine and large intestine
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Which of the following explains why food must be completely digested before it can pass through the blood stream? Undigested food particles are too big to pass through the walls of the small intestine into the blood stream Undigested food particles are too big to be carried in the blood. Absorption into the blood stream will not start unless all the food is digested. Undigested food particles contains waste materials that may poison the blood.
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The digestion of food is completed
In the large intestine In the small intestine
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QUIZ TIME! What helps to break the food even further in the stomach? The salivary glands in the stomach helps us to break down the food even further. The gastric juices in the stomach helps us to break down the food even further.
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Undigested food goes to the
Large intestine Small intestine
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Digestion starts in the mouth and ends in the large intestine.
True False
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Normal faeces are solid.
True False
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